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Montgomery, Alabama is the state capital and county seat of Montgomery County, named for Continental Army Major-General Richard Montgomery and situated on the Alabama River in the Gulf Coastal Plain. With a 2020 population of 200,603, it is Alabama's third-largest city and the 133rd-most populous in the United States, with a metropolitan area population of 385,460 in 2022. Incorporated in 1819 as a merger of two riverside towns, Montgomery replaced Tuscaloosa as the state capital in 1846 and served as the first capital of the Confederate States of America from February to May 1861. The city became a pivotal center of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-20th century, hosting the Montgomery bus boycott and the Selma to Montgomery marches, and today hosts significant government operations, Maxwell Air Force Base, three public universities, and cultural institutions including the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. Montgomery is recognized nationally for urban revitalization efforts and was among the first U.S. cities to implement SmartCode Zoning, while also supporting high-tech manufacturing including Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. Dothan is the county seat of Houston County in southeastern Alabama, located approximately 20 miles west of Georgia and 16 miles north of Florida, with a population of 71,258 at the 2020 census making it Alabama's eighth-largest city. Named after the biblical city of Dothan in 1885 by a local clergyman, the city grew from early 1830s timber harvesting settlements and experienced significant expansion after securing railroad access in 1893. As the principal city of the Dothan metropolitan area encompassing Geneva, Henry, and Houston counties with a combined 2020 population of 151,007, it serves as the main transportation and commercial hub for southeastern Alabama, southwest Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle. Dothan is internationally recognized as "The Peanut Capital of the World" because approximately one-fourth of the U.S. peanut crop is produced nearby and processed within the city, and it hosts the annual National Peanut Festival at the Peanut Festival Fairgrounds. The city is part of Alabama's Wiregrass region and represents the largest city in that portion of the state. Auburn is the largest city in eastern Alabama, located in Lee County with a population of 76,143 as of the 2020 census and serving as the principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area with 193,773 residents. Founded in 1839 by settlers from Georgia led by Judge John J. Harper, the city was established as an educational and religious center, beginning with East Alabama Male College (chartered in 1856, now Auburn University) which opened in 1859 and became the highest academically ranked university in Alabama. Auburn has experienced significant growth as Alabama's fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States since 1990, earning U.S. News recognition as one of the top ten best places to live in 2009. The city derives its unofficial nickname "The Loveliest Village on the Plains" from Oliver Goldsmith's poem The Deserted Village, reflecting its identity as a historic college town centered around Auburn University. Originally inhabited by the Creek Nation until the 1832 Treaty of Cusseta opened settlement, Auburn recovered from Civil War devastation and post-war economic depression to become a thriving hub for education, agriculture, and engineering innovation.