Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2007 population of 54,348. It is the principal city of the Auburn Metropolitan Area, a MSA with a population of 130,516 which, along with the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama MSA and the Tuskegee, Alabama Micropolitan Statistical Area, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, Georgia-Alabama Combined Statistical Area a region home to approximately 500,000 residents. Auburn is a college town and is the home of Auburn University. Auburn has been marked in recent years by rapid growth, and is currently the fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama and the nineteenth-fastest growing metro area in the United States since 1990. The city's unofficial nickname is The Loveliest Village On The Plains, taken from a line in the poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: "Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain . . ." (via Wikipedia)
Leader:
Bill Ham, Jr.
Area Code:
334
Land Area (sq mi):
39.1
Time Zone:
Central (CST)
CST
Water Area (sq mi):
0.4
Elevation (ft):
702
Metro population:
130516
Total Area (sq. mi):
39.6
Elevation (m):
214
118-258
Type:
City
As of:
2007
Longitude (Seconds):
51
50
Latitude:
N
Founding Date:
Jan 1, 1839
Name:
Auburn, Alabama
Longitude:
W
Latitude (Minutes):
35
Longitude (Minutes):
28
Latitude (Seconds):
51
52
Total Population:
54348
Also Known As:
The Loveliest Village on the Plains
Website:
http://www.auburnalabama.org/
Longitude (Degrees):
85
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