Auburn, Alabama
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama. The population was 76,143 at the 2020 census.[3] It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. The Auburn-Opelika, AL MSA with a 2020 population of 193,773, along with the Columbus, GA-AL MSA and Tuskegee, Alabama, comprises the greater Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, GA-AL CSA, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020.[5]
Auburn, Alabama
United States
1836
February 2, 1839
Ron Anders, Jr.[1]
62.07 sq mi (160.77 km2)
61.04 sq mi (158.09 km2)
1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
702 ft (214 m)
846 ft (258 m)
387 ft (118 m)
76,143
80,006
US: 449th
AL: 7th
1,247.41/sq mi (481.63/km2)
100,842 (US: 310th)
199,289 (US: 231st)
UTC-5 (CDT)
01-03076
0113277
Auburn is a historic college town and is the home of Auburn University. It is Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States as measured since 1990.[6] U.S. News ranked Auburn among its top ten list of best places to live in the United States for the year 2009.[7] The city's unofficial nickname is "The Loveliest Village on the Plains," taken from a line in the poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: "Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain..."[8]
Auburn has a council-manager government led by an eight-member city council, a mayor, and an appointed city manager.
The city council acts as a legislative body of the city, passing laws and regulations and appointing citizens to the city's various boards, including the Auburn City Board of Education. Each member of the city council is elected for a four-year term from one of eight geographic wards.
Members of the current Auburn City Council are:
The mayor of Auburn is elected in the city at-large to a four-year term. The duties of the mayor are, per State Code: 1) ceremonial, 2) to serve as the Governor's contact in the event of an emergency and 3) to conduct Council meetings, and to be the tie breaking vote for the city council legislative body. The Mayor has no administrative duties, as the City Manager serves as the CEO. As such, the position of mayor in Auburn is primarily symbolic. The current mayor of Auburn is Ron Anders, elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.[22]
The day-to-day operations of Auburn are run by the City Manager. The City Manager is appointed by and serves at the leisure of the City Council. The City Manager is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of all department heads, advises the council on policy matters, and creates and administers the city budget. The current City Manager of Auburn is Megan McGowen Crouch.
The United States Postal Service operates a post office at 300 Opelika Road, Auburn, Alabama.
Public safety
The Public Safety Department has five divisions: Police, Fire, Communications, Codes Enforcement, and Administration. The department provides all law enforcement, public safety services, and emergency 911 response and dispatch services for the City of Auburn and the campus of Auburn University. Construction activities in the city are monitored and inspected by the Codes Enforcement Division. Ambulance services are provided via a contract with East Alabama Medical Center.
Lee County Courthouse Auburn Satellite Office
East Samford School
Auburn Junior High School, 1899
Auburn Junior High School
1890s Samford Hall, Auburn
Hargis Hall, Auburn
Auburn University Chapel
Old Main Building, Auburn, 1883
Mary E. Martin Hall Auburn, 1910
Ross Chemistry Laboratory, Auburn University
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University
Auburn Female College chapel, c1883
Auburn Post Office
Old Main and Church Street Historic District, Auburn
Aerial View of Auburn, 1940s
Aerial View of Auburn University, 1930s
Aerial View of Auburn University, 1930s
Sunny Slope, Auburn
Auburn-Opelika Robert G. Pitts Airport
Downtown Auburn
Downtown Auburn
Holliday-Carey House, Auburn
McElhaney House, Auburn
Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Auburn
