Gadsden

Gadsden is a city in the Appalachian foothills of Alabama.

Understand
Gadsden was settled in the early 1800s. It has prospered over the years through riverboat commerce, steel production, railways, and agriculture. Though the industry slumped in the late 1980s, and then moreso with the departure of Goodyear, the city was awarded the All-America City Award in 1991 for tackling community-wide challenges. The population in 2019 was about 35,000.

By train
You can only take the Amtrak as far as the 4th Street station in Anniston.

By car
I-59 has three exits in Gadsden:


 * 188 to Reece City (Al-11) & Noccalula
 * 183 to Atalla & West Gadsden
 * 182 to I-759, East Gadsden and Rainbow City

I-59 can be reached from I-24 in Chattanooga, TN or I-459 and I-20 in Birmingham.

AL-431 (Huntsville to Opelika) and AL-278 (SR-74, Hamilton to Piedmont) merge in Gadsden.