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, the city was awarded the All-America City Award in 1991 for tackling community-wide challenges. The population in July 2009 was 36,744, with an average age of 39.

Get in

By plane

• Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, 5900 Airport Highway, ☏ +1-205-595-0533. The closest major airport. 
• Northeast Alabama Regional Airport, 185 Ira Gray Dr, ☏ +1-256-442-3313. The closest airport. 

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.

By bus

• Greyhound Bus Lines, 1511 W Meighan Blvd, ☏ +1-256-547-4959. 

Do

• 1 Noccalula Falls Park, 1500 Noccalila Rd, ☏ +1 256-549-4663. (updated Sep 2019)

Go next

Routes through Gadsden

Chattanooga ← Fort Payne ←	N  S	→ Birmingham → Meridian
Knoxville ← Rome ←	N  S	→ Birmingham → END