Sheffield, Alabama
Sheffield, Alabama | |
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Sheffield Downtown Commercial Historic District | |
| Nicknames: "Center of the Shoals", "Sheffvegas", "Sheffghanistan" | |
Location of Sheffield, Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 34°45′25.27″N 87°41′51.73″W / 34.7570194°N 87.6977028°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| County | Colbert |
| Founded | 1885 |
| Incorporated | February 17, 1885 |
| Founded by | Alfred Huger Moses |
| Named after | Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Mayor | Steve Stanley |
| • Councilmembers | Gary Highfield Barbara Cook Fred Mason Casheta Rutland Randa Hovater |
| Area | |
• City | 7.108 sq mi (18.410 km2) |
| • Land | 6.989 sq mi (18.102 km2) |
| • Water | 0.119 sq mi (0.308 km2) |
| Elevation | 486 ft (148 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• City | 9,403 |
• Estimate (2023) | 9,307 |
| • Density | 1,332/sq mi (514.2/km2) |
| • Urban | 78,925 |
| • Metro | 155,175 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 35660 |
| Area codes | 256 and 938 |
| FIPS code | 01-69648 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2405452 |
| Sales tax | 9.5% |
| Website | sheffieldalabama.net |
Sheffield is a city in Colbert County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area. The population was 9,403 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 9,307 in 2023.