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Welcome to Auburn, Alabama.
Auburn is a city in east central Alabama, near the Georgia border. It is the largest city in Lee County with a 2003 population of 46,923.
Auburn is the educational and cultural center of the east Alabama region. It is the home of Auburn University, Alabama's largest university, as well several research centers, including the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Auburn has been marked in recent years by rapid growth, and is currently the fastest growing metropolitan area in Alabama, and the nineteenth-fastest growing metro area in the United States.
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 . . ."
The City of Auburn was incorporated on February 2, 1839, with the center of the original 1,280-acre tract located at the corner of College Street and Magnolia Avenue, known as "Toomers Corner". To some, Auburn is called the "Loveliest Village on the Plains." You will find that Auburn is a special community because it has a friendly small town atmosphere and lots of southern hospitality.
At the center of everything is Auburn University, with a student population of about 22, 000 and employs approximately 8,000 faculty and staff. Auburn has been cited as having the top schools in the state of Alabama. Auburn boasts beautiful homes in older neighborhoods as well as new.
If you like golf, you would enjoy living on one of Auburn's premier golf courses. Shopping opportunities are available in downtown or at the Colonial Mall and surroundings areas. Auburn has a wonderful public library, fine restaurants, city pool, Industrial/Technology Park, community centers, parks and recreation department and close proximity to regional medical center. Opelika, which is Auburn's sister city offers clean living, sound industry and theater. Our picturesque community invites you to come and enjoy the traditions and graciousness of small town living.
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Local daily news in Auburn:
Unsolved, but not forgotten
Opelika-Auburn News Jackie Salmon recalls the unsolved 2005 murder of her husband.
AU coach's home burned by lightning fire
Firefighters battled a blaze early Tuesday evening after lightning struck a house in the upscale subdivision of Tamplin Farms.
Auburn Man Killed in Motorcycle Wreck
A motorcyclist died after being thrown about 275 feet in a head-on collision with a car at an intersection in Loachapoka.
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Places of interest:
Opelika, AL (7.2 miles), Notasulga, AL (13.1 miles), Camp Hill, AL (18.3 miles), Tuskegee, AL (19.3 miles), La Fayette, AL (21.5 miles), Huguley, AL (23.8 miles), Hurtsboro, AL (25.1 miles), Dadeville, AL (25.3 miles).
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