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Renamed Huntsville (formerly Twickenham) during the War of 1812, the city is the largest, by population, in all of northern Alabama. Huntsville has extended along the Tennessee River and has become a large textile, and aeronautics community. -
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- Country: United States
- State: Alabama
- Size: 202 square miles
- Elevation 600 feet
- Time zone: Central Time Zone
- Population: 171,327 (July 2007)City-Data: Huntsville, Alabama
- Founded: 1805
- Area code: 256
- Zip code: 35800–35899
- Incorporated: 1811
- City attractions: Twickenham Historic District, Old Town Historic District, and U.S. Space & Rocket Center
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Becoming Alabama's first capital city in 1819, Huntsville was inhabited by settlers from Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas. The city established wealth very quickly due to a booming agricultural base primarily of cotton, furthermore, the city had a thriving railroad industry, which also contributed to its economy. -
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Wikipedia: Huntsville, Alabama
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Located in North Alabama in the heart of the Tennessee Valley, Huntsville is a thriving community with roots dating back to the old cotton row days through the boom of the 1970's NASA program. There is something for everyone in Hunstville. The Star of Alabama!hsvcity.com -
Aeronautics: Marshall Space Flight Center
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