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Florence Florence is a city in and the
county seat of Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States, in the northwestern corner of the
state. According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the city's
population was 36,721. Florence is the largest and principal city of the Metropolitan
Statistical Area known as "The
Shoals" (which includes Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia metropolitan areas in Colbert and Lauderdale counties). Florence is considered the primary
economic hub of northwestern Alabama. Florence is renowned for its annual tourism events, including
W.C.
Handy Music Festival in the summer, and the
Renaissance
Faire in the autumn. Landmarks in Florence
include the Rosenbaum
House, the only Frank
Lloyd Wright-designed home located in
Alabama. Draft beer became legal in Florence on Saturday, September 1,
2007. The Indian Mound and Museum is the largest of its type in the Tennessee Valley Region. The
mound, which measures 310Hx230Wx42D (feet) and named "Wawmanona" was built circa
500 A.D. and is thought to be locale for tribal ceremony and ritual. The museum
displays Native American artifacts from the Mound and the surrounding area,
dating back 10,000 years. The W.C. Handy Home and Museum is dedicated to one of Florence's most famous sons. Known as the
"Father of the Blues", Handy was born in a log cabin at this site in 1873. The
museum contains a collection Handy's personal papers, artifacts, and other items
he donated before his death in 1958. Every September, Florence is the termination point for riders in
the annual Trail
of Tears Remembrance Motorcycle Ride , which
terminates in nearby McFarland Park. The ride is in remembrance of a dark
chapter in American history in which Native Americans were shipped off to
Oklahoma and the mid-west by the Indian
Removal Act of 1830. Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $31,225 (it
was $28,330 in 2000)
Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $109,074
(it was $82,700 in 2000)
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