2.1.
Community Profiles
Regional Overview
Maxwell AFB and Gunter Annex are both located within the city limits of
Montgomery, in south central Alabama. Both are approximately 82 miles
south of Alabama’s largest city of Birmingham, and 162 miles southwest of
Atlanta, Georgia. The JLUS Study Area includes the northern portion of
Montgomery County and southern portions of Autauga and Elmore
counties, and the Cities of Montgomery and Prattville. There are other
incorporated towns and unincorporated communities within these counties
also within the Study Area, though not JLUS partners. Autauga County and
the City of Prattville are located northwest of Maxwell AFB and Elmore
County is located northeast of Maxwell AFB. Montgomery, Autauga, and
Elmore counties and the cities of Montgomery and Prattville are part of the
Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which has a population of
approximately 374,536 people.
The JLUS Study Area is characterized by urban development, agriculture,
riverfront and recreational areas, and industrial land uses. Majority of the
urban development, industrial uses, and some riverfront and recreational
uses are located within the cities, while the counties are characterized by
agricultural land uses, riverfront and some recreational areas.
The following is a description of each of the partnering jurisdictions in the
JLUS Study Area.
Montgomery County Courthouse
Montgomery County
Montgomery County was created in December 1816 by the Mississippi
Territory General Assembly, and named in honor of Major Lemuel Putnam
Montgomery killed in the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, 1814.
Montgomery County covers 800 square miles in south central Alabama, of
which 784 square miles is land and 16 square miles is water. The county is
situated within the Gulf Coastal Plain, and has northern boundaries defined
by the Alabama and Tallapoosa Rivers. Montgomery County is bordered by
Elmore, Macon, and Autauga counties to the north, Bullock County to the
east, Lowndes County to the west, and Pike and Crenshaw counties to the
south.
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