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Huntsville (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 086 35 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -86.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in N Alabama near Tennessee River; site of Alabama constitutional convention in 1819; burned by Union troops in 1862; space-related industries including military base & research laboratories stimulated growth since 1950. |
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| Huntsville (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed for first settler John Hunt, a Revolutionary War veteran |
| Twickenham (H,V)
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............ | named for poet Alexander Pope's home |
| Hunts Spring (C,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled around Big Spring (still a water source) in 1805; first city in Alabama to be chartered (1811); incorporated in 1844 |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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for sheet metal goods & farm implements |
| oil field site (C) |
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for natural gas wells |
| military center (C) |
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for Redstone Arsenal Complex including Marshall Space Flight Center, developed after 1950 |
| commercial center (C) |
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for cotton, corn, hay & tobacco, trade was damaged during Civil War but later thrived |
| scientific center (C) |
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known for space-related research & industries |
| educational center (C) |
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for University of Alabama & Oakwood College (1896) & for adjacent Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University (1875) |
| capital (H) |
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of state in 1819 |
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