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Florence
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city and county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States
Florence is a city in northern Alabama that serves as the county seat of Lauderdale County. It is the main city and administrative center for the county.
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- Official name
- Florence
- Population
- 40184
- Area
- 67.854608
- Elevation
- 167
- Official website
- florenceal.org
- Image
- Downtown Florence Historic District cropped.jpg
- Households
- 17493
- Dialing code
- 256
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Florence is a city in and the county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the state's northwestern corner, and had a population of 40,184 in the 2020 census. Florence is located along the Tennessee River and is home to the University of North Alabama, the oldest public college in the state. Florence is located about 70 miles (110 km) west of Huntsville, Alabama, via US-72, and about 115 miles (185 km) northwest of Birmingham, Alabama.
Florence is the largest and principal city of the "Quad Cities," more commonly known as "The Shoals," which also includes the cities of Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia in Colbert County and had a population of 148,779 as of the 2020 census. Florence is considered northwestern Alabama's primary economic hub.