Auburn University's College Town on the Plains
Auburn calls itself the "Loveliest Village of the Plains," a phrase borrowed from Oliver Goldsmith's 1770 poem. The description still fits in parts. Live oaks line College Street, Toomer's Corner marks the center of town where fans roll the trees with toilet paper after football wins, and the campus blends into the downtown grid without a hard boundary. Auburn University, founded in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College, enrolls around 33,000 students and is the primary employer in the city.
The football program at Jordan-Hare Stadium seats over 87,000. Game days transform the city. Lee County's population roughly doubles on home weekends. Beyond athletics, the university's veterinary school and engineering college are among the highest-ranked in the Southeast. The Auburn Research Park hosts companies in biotech, IT, and defense.
The city's permanent population is approximately 62,000, though the student population makes the effective number higher during the academic year. Auburn sits adjacent to Opelika, the Lee County seat, and together they form a small metropolitan area along Interstate 85 between Atlanta and Montgomery. Chewacla State Park, south of town, offers hiking trails and a lake on 696 acres.
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Auburn calls itself the "Loveliest Village of the Plains," a phrase borrowed from Oliver Goldsmith's 1770 poem. The description still fits in parts. Live oaks line College Street, Toomer's Corner marks the center of town where fans roll the trees with toilet paper after football wins, and the campus blends into the downtown grid without a hard boundary. Auburn University, founded in 1856 as the East Alabama Male College, enrolls around 33,000 students and is the primary employer in the city.
The football program at Jordan-Hare Stadium seats over 87,000. Game days transform the city. Lee County's population roughly doubles on home weekends. Beyond athletics, the university's veterinary school and engineering college are among the highest-ranked in the Southeast. The Auburn Research Park hosts companies in biotech, IT, and defense.
The city's permanent population is approximately 62,000, though the student population makes the effective number higher during the academic year. Auburn sits adjacent to Opelika, the Lee County seat, and together they form a small metropolitan area along Interstate 85 between Atlanta and Montgomery. Chewacla State Park, south of town, offers hiking trails and a lake on 696 acres.
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