Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee Indian language, which means "edible tree." It is the center of the 'Gadsden, AL, Metropolitan Statistical Area' which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties. As of 2000 the population was 103,459. Its county seat is Gadsden. In area, it is the smallest county in Alabama.
Etowah was originally the southern part of DeKalb County, Alabama. However Baine County was ...
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Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee Indian language, which means "edible tree." It is the center of the 'Gadsden, AL, Metropolitan Statistical Area' which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties. As of 2000 the population was 103,459. Its county seat is Gadsden. In area, it is the smallest county in Alabama.
Etowah was originally the southern part of DeKalb County, Alabama. However Baine County was established on December 7, 1866, named for General David W. Baine of the Confederate Army, with its county seat at Gadsden. The county was abolished in 1867, but a year later, Etowah County was created from the same territory.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 549 square miles (1,421 km²), of which, 535 square miles (1,385 km²) of it is land and 14 square miles (36 km²) of it (2.54%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 103,459 people, 41,615 households, and 29,463 families residing in the county....
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