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Lee County

Also known as Lee County, Alabama, Lee County, AL

county in Alabama, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Alabama
Founded: December 5, 1866 ; 159 years ago ( 1866-12-05 )
Named after: General Robert E. Lee
Seat: Opelika
Largest city: Auburn
Total: 616 sq mi (1,600 km )
Land: 608 sq mi (1,570 km )
Water: 8.3 sq mi (21 km ) 1.3%
Estimate 2025: 189,881
Density: 287/sq mi (111/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 3rd
Website: www .leeco .us

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Wikidata facts

Population: 174241
Area: 1594
Official website: www.leeco.us
Image: Lee County Courthouse Alabama (2).jpg
Households: 60731
Licence plate code: 43

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Commons category: Lee County, Alabama
inception: 1866-12-05
water as percent of area: 1.3
native label: Lee County
per capita income: 28804
mean age: 32.4

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Article

Lee County is a county located in east central Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 174,241. The county seat is Opelika, and the largest city is Auburn. The county was established in 1866 and is named for General Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865. Lee County comprises the Auburn-Opelika, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area.

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