Auburn, Alabama

Auburn, Alabama
Auburn, Alabama
City
	City of Auburn
	Campus of Auburn University, downtown Auburn, one of Auburn's many biking and walking trails, and Auburn City Hall.
	Flag Seal
	Motto: "The Loveliest Village On The Plains"
	Location of Auburn in Lee County, Alabama.
	Auburn
	Coordinates: 32°35′52″N 85°28′51″W / 32.59778°N 85.48083°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lee
Founded	1836
Incorporated	February 2, 1839
Government
• Mayor	Ron Anders Jr.
Area
• City	62.07 sq mi (160.77 km2)
• Land	61.04 sq mi (158.09 km2)
• Water	1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
Elevation	702 ft (214 m)
Highest elevation	846 ft (258 m)
Lowest elevation	387 ft (118 m)
Population (2020)
• City	76,143
• Estimate (2022)	80,006
• Rank	US: 449th; AL: 7th
• Density	1,247.41/sq mi (481.63/km2)
• Urban	100,842 (US: 310th)
• Metro	199,289 (US: 231st)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	36830–36832, 36849
Area code	334
FIPS code	01-03076
GNIS feature ID	0113277
Website	auburnalabama.org

Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama. The population was 76,143 at the 2020 census.^[3] It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020.^[5]

Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University. It is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States as measured since 1990.^[6] U.S. News ranked Auburn among its top ten list of best places to live in the United States for the year 2009.^[7] 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..."^[8]

^ "Mayor City Council / Council Members". www.auburnalabama.org/. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. January 3, 2024. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
^ Stephens, Challen (May 19, 2016). "Which Alabama cities are growing?". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ "Best Places to Live 2009".
^ "oliver smith poem".

[1] "Mayor City Council / Council Members". www.auburnalabama.org/. Retrieved January 17, 2022.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-2] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.

[2020_Census_(City)-3] "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 10, 2023.

[USCensusEst2022-4] Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[PopEstCBSA-5] "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. January 3, 2024. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved January 17, 2024.

[6] Stephens, Challen (May 19, 2016). "Which Alabama cities are growing?". AL.com. Retrieved March 27, 2024.

[7] "Best Places to Live 2009".

[8] "oliver smith poem".

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