Assisted Living in Gadsden, AL

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Facts about Gadsden

Gadsden is also known as: Etowah County / Gadsden city.

And some of the notable people born here have been: Michael Boley (american football player), Steve Grissom (race car driver), Sunny Mabrey (actor and model), Jim Guthrie (race car driver), and La'Donte Harris (american football player).

And featured attractions of Gadsden: Gadsden State Community College.

Gadsden is represented by Mayor Sherman Guyton.

Gadsden is a city in and the county seat of Etowah County in the State of Alabama, and it is located on the Coosa River about 56 miles (90 km) northeast of Birmingham, Alabama and 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,931. As of the U.S. Census Bureau estimate in 2013, the population of the city was about 36,542. Gadsden and Rome, Georgia are the largest cities in the triangular area defined by the Interstate highways between Atlanta, Birmingham, and Chattanooga.Gadsden was at one time in the 19th century Alabama's second most important center of commerce and industry, trailing only the seaport of Mobile. The two cities were important shipping centers: Gadsden for riverboats and Mobile for international trade. Through the 1980s, Gadsden was a center on heavy industry, including the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and the Republic Steel Corporation.More than a decade after the sharp decline in industry, in 1991 Gadsden was awarded the honor of All-America City by the National Civic League, an award that honored the way Gadsden's citizens, government, businesses, and voluntary organizations work together to address critical local issues.

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