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Sheffield

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Also known as Sheffield, Alabama, Sheffield, AL

city in Alabama, USA

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Alabama
County
Colbert
Incorporated
February 17, 1885
Founded by
Alfred Huger Moses
Named after
Sheffield , Yorkshire , England
Type
Mayor–Council
Mayor
Bryan R. Van Devender
Councilmembers
William 'Hart' Gargis, John Webb, Ethan Stokes, Constance Finch, Carol Cooney
City
7.108 sq mi (18.410 km )
Land
6.989 sq mi (18.102 km )
Water
0.119 sq mi (0.308 km )
Elevation
486 ft (148 m)
Estimate 2023
9,307
Density
1,332/sq mi (514.2/km )
Urban
78,925
Metro
155,175
Time zone
UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )

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Encyclopedic overview

Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sheffield” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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