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GNIS feature ID. 2404746 [9] Website. huntsvilleal.gov. Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Madison County with portions extending into Limestone County and Morgan County. [12] It is located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama. [13] [14] Huntsville was founded within the ...
Marshall Space Flight Center. The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center ( MSFC ), located in Redstone Arsenal, Alabama ( Huntsville postal address), [3] is the U.S. government 's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center. [2] As the largest NASA center, MSFC's first mission was developing the Saturn launch vehicles for the ...
April 26, 2010. The Lincoln Mill and Mill Village Historic District is a historic district in Huntsville, Alabama. Opened in 1900, it quickly grew to be Huntsville's largest cotton mill in the first quarter of the 20th century. After closing in 1955, the mills were converted to office space that was used by the U.S. space program.
Oakwood University is the only ISO 9001 certified HBCU in the United States. [5] In 2014, it became the first HBCU to offer a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). [6] In 2018, the U.S. Senate recognized Oakwood University for being the fifth leading producer of African-American applicants to U.S. medical schools. [6]
May 26, 2015. Twickenham Historic District was the first historic district designated in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1973, with a boundary increase on May 26, 2015. The name derives from an early name for the town of Huntsville, named after Twickenham, England, by LeRoy Pope.
Huntsville International Airport ( IATA: HSV [3], ICAO: KHSV, FAA LID: HSV) (Carl T. Jones Field) is a public airport and spaceport ten miles southwest of downtown Huntsville, in Madison County, Alabama, United States. The FAA has designated the Huntsville International Airport as a Re-entry site for the Dream Chaser, a spaceplane operated by ...
University Drive is a major east–west thoroughfare in Huntsville, Alabama, [1] [2] following US Route 72 into the city from the west. The highway carries on average approximately 56,000 vehicles a day [3] at 45 mph (72 km/h).
Governors Drive. North end. Clinton Avenue. (continues as Andrew Jackson Way) California Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Huntsville, Alabama [1] connecting historic Five Points to south Huntsville. On average, approximately 18,500 vehicles travel the 1.8 mile stretch of road a day. [2]