North Alabama

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North Alabama is a region of the U.S. state of Alabama, generally thought to include these 11 counties: Cherokee, Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, and Winston.

The region is basically a long string of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas along the Tennessee River. They are (from West to East):The Shoals, Decatur Metropolitan Area, Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area, Scottsboro Micropolitan Area, and the Fort Payne Metropolitan Area.

The anchor city of this region of the state is Huntsville, but other cities of notable size include (in order of population): Decatur, Florence (along with its sister cities Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia), Madison, and Athens.

Locals tend to refer to this area as the "Tennessee Valley" in reference to the Tennessee River, which flows through the northernmost part of the state. A section of East Tennessee shares the "Tennessee Valley" moniker.

Sub-Regions

Metropolitan Areas

(In Order Of Population)

• Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area
• Huntsville Metropolitan Area
• Decatur Metropolitan Area
• The Shoals

Micropolitan Areas

• Albertville Micropolitan Area
• Fort Payne Micropolitan Area
• Scottsboro Micropolitan Area

Principal Cities (In order of population)

164,570

53,929

36,264

29,329

18,967

Counties/Cities/Census-Designated Areas

• Cedar Bluff
• Centre - County Seat
• Collinsville (part - part of Collinsville is in DeKalb County)
• Gaylesville
• Leesburg
• Piedmont (part - part of Piedmont is in Calhoun County)
• Sand Rock (part - part of Sand Rock is in DeKalb County)

• Cherokee
• Leighton
• Littleville
• Muscle Shoals
• Sheffield
• Tuscumbia - County Seat

• Collinsville (part - part of Collinsville is in Cherokee County)
• Crossville
• Fort Payne - County Seat
• Fyffe
• Geraldine
• Hammondville
• Henagar
• Ider
• Lakeview
• Mentone
• Pine Ridge
• Powell
• Rainsville
• Sand Rock (part - part of Sand Rock is in Cherokee County)
• Shiloh
• Sylvania
• Valley Head

• Hodges
• Phil Campbell
• Red Bay
• Russellville - County Seat
• Vina

• Bridgeport
• Dutton
• Hollywood
• Hytop
• Langston
• Paint Rock
• Pisgah
• Pleasant Groves
• Scottsboro - County Seat
• Section
• Skyline
• Stevenson
• Woodville

• Anderson
• Florence - County Seat
• Killen
• Lexington
• Rogersville
• St. Florian
• Underwood-Petersville
• Waterloo

• Courtland
• Hillsboro
• Moulton - County Seat
• North Courtland
• Town Creek

• Ardmore
• Athens - County Seat
• Decatur (part - most of Decatur is in Morgan County)
• Elkmont
• Huntsville (part - most of Huntsville is in Madison County)
• Lester
• Madison (part - most of Madison is in Madison County)
• Mooresville
• Tanner

• Albertville
• Arab (part - part of Arab is in Cullman County)
• Boaz (part - part of Boaz is in Etowah County)
• Douglas
• Grant
• Guntersville - County Seat
• Union Grove

• Gurley
• Harvest
• Hazel Green
• Huntsville - County Seat - (part - part of Huntsville is in Limestone County)
• Madison (part - part of Madison is in Limestone County)
• Meridianville
• Moores Mill
• New Hope
• New Market
• Owens Cross Roads
• Redstone Arsenal
• Triana

• Burningtree Mountain
• Decatur - County Seat - (part - part of Decatur is in Limestone County)
• Danville
• Eva
• Falkville
• Hartselle
• Hulaco
• Lacey's Spring
• Morgan City
• Moulton Heights
• Priceville
• Somerville
• Trinity

• Addison
• Arley
• Delmar
• Double Springs
• Haleyville (part - part of Haleyville is in Marion County)
• Lynn
• Natural Bridge
• Nauvoo (part - part of Nauvoo is in Walker County)

State of Alabama History | People | Governors | Metropolitan Areas
Capital	Montgomery
Regions	North Alabama | Central Alabama | Greater Birmingham | South Alabama | Black Belt | Mobile Bay
Cities	Anniston | Auburn | Birmingham | Decatur | Dothan | Florence | Gadsden | Hoover | Huntsville | Mobile | Montgomery | Tuscaloosa
Counties	Autauga | Baldwin | Barbour | Bibb | Blount | Bullock | Butler | Calhoun | Chambers | Cherokee | Chilton | Choctaw | Clarke | Clay | Cleburne | Coffee | Colbert | Conecuh | Coosa | Covington | Crenshaw | Cullman | Dale | Dallas | DeKalb | Elmore | Escambia | Etowah | Fayette | Franklin | Geneva | Greene | Hale | Henry | Houston | Jackson | Jefferson | Lamar | Lauderdale | Lawrence | Lee | Limestone | Lowndes | Macon | Madison | Marengo | Marion | Marshall | Mobile | Monroe | Montgomery | Morgan | Perry | Pickens | Pike | Randolph | Russell | Shelby | St. Clair | Sumter | Talladega | Tallapoosa | Tuscaloosa | Walker | Washington | Wilcox | Winston

 

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