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History of Dothan, Alabama

Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Houston County, Alabama, and portions of the city are in Dale County, Alabama and Henry County, Alabama. The city's name derives from a town mentioned in a Bible verse, Book of Genesis 37:17 - "For I heard them say, let us go to Dothan." As of the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's population was 62,713. It is the principal city of the Dothan, Alabama metropolitan statistical area which encompasses all of Geneva County, Henry County, and Houston County.


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