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History of Auburn, Alabama

Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama with a 2005 population of 49,928 (according to the U.S. Census estimates). It is the principal city of the Auburn Metropolitan Area with a Metropolitan Statistical Area of 123,254.

It is the home of Auburn University. 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 since 1990. 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 . . ."


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