Facts About Florence
- Florence is the largest and principal city of the Quad Cities commonly known as “The Shoals”.
- Established in 1830, UNA is Alabama’s oldest public 4-year institution.
- Florence has a total area of 25.0 square miles, of which 24.9 square miles is land, and 0.1 square miles is water.
- Florence is the most populous city of 30 places in the United States with the name Florence, which was slightly larger than Florence, South Carolina.
- Florence was surveyed for the Cypress Land Company in 1818 by Italian surveyor Ferdinand Sannoner, who named it after Florence, the capital of the Tuscany region of Italy.
- Florence, Alabama was incorporated in 1826.
- Florence is a city in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.
- First Settlers arrived and established a trading post there about 1779. The area was later purchased by a land company whose stockholders included James Madison and Andrew Jackson.
- Florence is home to the largest American Indian mound in the Tennessee River Valley.
- Florence is part of the “Muscle Shoals” area, renowned for its contributions to the music industry.
