Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is located along Interstate 65, 50 miles (80 km) north of Birmingham, Alabama and 55 miles (89 km) south of Huntsville, Alabama. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 16,675, only 2,000 more than recorded in the 2000 census.
The city is the county seat of Cullman County.
In the time before European settlement, the area that today includes Cullman was originally i...
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Cullman is a city in Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is located along Interstate 65, 50 miles (80 km) north of Birmingham, Alabama and 55 miles (89 km) south of Huntsville, Alabama. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 16,675, only 2,000 more than recorded in the 2000 census.
The city is the county seat of Cullman County.
In the time before European settlement, the area that today includes Cullman was originally in the territory of the Cherokee Nation. The region was traversed by a trail known as the Black Warrior's Path, which led from the Tennessee River near the present location of Florence, Alabama to a point on the Black Warrior River south of Cullman. The trail figured significantly in Cherokee history, and featured prominently in the American Indian Wars prior to the establishment of the state of Alabama and the relocation of several American Indian tribes, including the Creek tribe. During the Creek Indian War in 1813, General Andrew Jackson of...
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