Leighton

Also known as Leighton, AL, Leighton, Alabama

town in Alabama

Key facts

County: Colbert
Total: 2.16 sq mi (5.59 km )
Land: 2.16 sq mi (5.59 km )
Water: 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation: 584 ft (178 m)
Density: 308.3/sq mi (119.02/km )
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst: UTC-5 (CDT)
Fips code: 01-42160
Country: United States
State: Alabama

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Leighton
Population: 665
Area: 2.550153
Elevation: 173
Image: Leighton-City-Hall-al.jpg
Households: 335
Dialing code: 256

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postal code: 35646
Commons category: Leighton, Alabama
water as percent of area: 0
water area: 0
per capita income: 17380
mean age: 44.1

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Leighton is a town in Colbert County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". At the 2020 census, the population was 665. Leighton has been hit by several tornadoes in the 2000s, including a damaging EF2 on May 8, 2008, that was caught on tape flipping over many cars and damaging buildings.

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