Tuscumbia, Alabama

Tuscumbia
Tuscumbia
City
	Colbert County Courthouse in Tuscumbia
	Seal
	Nickname: "The Charm of the Shoals"
	Location of Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama.
	Coordinates: 34°43′51″N 87°42′10″W / 34.73083°N 87.70278°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Colbert
Settled	1815
Incorporated (town)	December 20, 1820
Named for	Chief Tuscumbia
Government
• Type	Mayor-City Council
• Mayor	Kerry L. Underwood
Area
• Total	9.26 sq mi (23.98 km2)
• Land	9.22 sq mi (23.87 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation	427 ft (130 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	9,054
• Density	982.42/sq mi (379.30/km2)
Demonym	Tuscumbian
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	35674
Area codes	256, 938
FIPS code	01-77280
GNIS feature ID	2405616
Website	www.cityoftuscumbia.org

Tuscumbia is a city in, and the county seat of, Colbert County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,054.^[4] The city is part of The Shoals metropolitan area.

Tuscumbia was the hometown of Helen Keller, who lived at Ivy Green. Several sites in the city are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, especially in the Tuscumbia Historic District. The city is also the site of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.

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