Huntsville

Also known as Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville, AL

county seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States

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Huntsville is the main city of Madison County in Alabama, serving as the seat of county government. It matters as a significant population and administrative center in northern Alabama.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Huntsville is referenced by 3,872 other articles, and connects out to U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Oakwood University and United States Army Aviation and Missile Command.

The entry is geolocated on the map in AL.

Vinony files it under 1809 establishments in the United States, Alabama populated places on the Tennessee River and Cities in Alabama.

Its subject is documented across 87 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: county seat
Official name: Huntsville
Country: United States
Located in: Madison County
Population: 215006
Area: 544.919874
Elevation: 193
Time zone: Central Time Zone
Capital of: Madison County
Shares border with: Decatur
Founded by: LeRoy Pope
Official website: www.huntsvilleal.gov
Image: HsvMontage.jpg
Households: 86961
Dialing code: 256

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category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Huntsville, Alabama
category of associated people: Category:People from Huntsville, Alabama
category for people born here: Category:Births in Huntsville, Alabama
twinned administrative body: Tainan
Commons category: Huntsville, Alabama
topic's main category: Category:Huntsville, Alabama
postal code: 35899
inception: 1805-00-00
water as percent of area: 0.6373
social media followers: 42209
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different from: Huntsville
water area: 3.472583
located in the statistical territorial entity: Huntsville metropolitan area
per capita income: 36762
mean age: 36.8
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview

Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 215,006 at the 2020 census, making it the 100th-most populous city in the U.S., while the Huntsville metropolitan area has an estimated 542,000 residents and is the second-most populous metropolitan area in the state. As of July 1, 2025, the city's population was estimated to be 249,102 – a 15.9% increase since the 2020 Census. This makes it among the top 20 fastest growing cities in the US. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, with portions extending into Limestone County, Marshall County, and Morgan County.

Huntsville is located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, south of the state of Tennessee. It was founded within the Mississippi Territory in 1805 and became an incorporated town in 1811. When Alabama was admitted as a state in 1819, Huntsville was designated for a year as the first capital, before the state capitol was moved to more central settlements. The city developed across nearby hills north of the Tennessee River, adding textile mills in the late nineteenth century.

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