Auburn, AL
Local News
- ESPN's Paul Finebaum on No. 1 Georgia’s loss: ‘It meant everything to Auburn’ — AL.com
- Where to watch Auburn vs Georgia today: Time, TV channel for Saturday — Yahoo Sports
- Felony warrants issued in Auburn pedestrian death — WSFA
- No. 21 Auburn prepares for top-25 matchup vs. No. 23 Mississippi State — The Auburn Plainsman
- Auburn, Alabama basketball teams talk new season, expectations at 2027 SEC Tipoff — WBRC
Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. The population was 76,143 at the 2020 census.[3] It is the largest city in eastern Alabama and is the principal city of the Auburn metropolitan area, which had a population of 193,773 in 2020. It is also included in the greater Columbus–Auburn–Opelika combined statistical area, a region home to 563,967 residents as of 2020.[6]
Auburn is a historic college town and home to Auburn University, the highest academically ranked university in the state.[7] It is Alabama’s fastest-growing metropolitan area and the 19th-fastest-growing metro area in the United States as measured since 1990.[8] The city’s unofficial nickname is “The Loveliest Village on the Plains”, taken from a line in the poem The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith: “Sweet Auburn! Loveliest village of the plain…”[9]