Montgomery, Alabama
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This article is about Montgomery, Alabama. For other uses of the term Montgomery, please see Montgomery (disambiguation).
Montgomery, Alabama is the capital of the U.S. state of Alabama and is located in south central Alabama along the Alabama River. In the 1950's, Montgomery was a major center of the Civil Rights Movement,[1] including the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches.
As of 2020, the city had 200,603 people, and the metropolitan area has 386,047. Montgomery is comparable in size with Birmingham (~90 miles north and slightly west) and Huntsville (north end of the state).
The city has a large military presence due to Maxwell Air Force Base.
References
- ↑ Beito, David (May 2, 2009) Something is Rotten in Montgomery, June 19, 2015 on LewRockwell.com