Gadsden, Alabama

Ewing (1823–1891), politician, physician, postmaster DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr.

It was founded in about 1825 by John Riley, a mixed-race American Indian and European-American settler who built his house near two springs.

The house was purchased by brothers Gabriel and Asenath Hughes in 1840.

On July 4, 1845, Captain James Lafferty piloted the steamboat Coosa to the settlement.

In 1867, after the American Civil War, the legislature organized Baine County; Gadsden was incorporated and made the county seat.

After a constitutional convention, the new legislature dissolved Baine County in 1868 and renamed it as Etowah County.

One of his photographs was taken in Gadsden, at the site of Bunk Richardson's 1906 lynching.

The city was home to Congregation Beth Israel, a Reform synagogue founded in 1908.

Lewis (1927-1993), the city of Gadsden, and the Gadsden City Board of Education, the C.I.T.Y.

Earnest (1943-2005).

With a period of record dating only back to 1953, the highest recorded temperature was 106 °F (41 °C) on June 30, 2012, while the lowest recorded temperature was −6 °F (−21 °C) ...

In a 1960 attack, the synagogue was fire-bombed, its windows smashed, and two members shot and wounded by a Nazi sympathizer.

The Community Intensive Treatment for Youth Program (C.I.T.Y.) was founded in January 1981 by Edward E.

In 1983, the C.I.T.Y.

In 1991, following more than a decade of sharp decline in industry, Gadsden was awarded the honor of All-America City by the National Civic League.

Redevelopment efforts, such as the Cultural Arts Center and downtown revitalization, earned Gadsden first place in the 2000 City Livability Awards Program of the US Conference o...

Arcadia, 2002; ISBN 0-7385-2375-5.

A new high school, Gadsden City High School, replaced the three former city high schools (Emma Sansom High School, Gadsden High School, and Litchfield High School) via merger fo...

On October 1, 2009, C.I.T.Y.’s name was changed to Special Programming for Achievement Network (S.P.A.N.) It operates under the directorship of the Alabama Department of Youth S...

=== 2010 census === As of the 2010 census, there were 36,856 people, 15,171 households, and 9,183 families living in the city.

Each county in the US where a lynching took place is represented in the new Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, opened in April 2018.

== Demographics == === 2020 census === As of the 2020 census, there were 33,945 people, 14,141 households, and 8,411 families residing in the city.