The city of Auburn is located in eastern
Alabama,
seven miles (11 kilometers) southwest
of Opelika,
35 miles (56 kilometers) northwest
of Columbus,
Georgia, and 54 miles (87 kilometers)
northeast of Montgomery.
It is part of Lee
County, and is home to 42,987
people.
The community was founded in 1836,
and took its name from a poem by Oliver
Goldsmith, which...
