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Guntersville is a city in Marshall County, Alabama, United States and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 7,395. The city is the county seat of Marshall County.
GeographyGuntersville is located at (34.348197, -86.294523).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 40.6 square miles (105.2 km²), of which, 23.6 square miles (61.3 km²) of it is land and 17.0 square miles (43.9 km²) of it (41.77%) is water.
Guntersville is located at the southernmost point of the Tennessee River on Lake Guntersville, formed by the Guntersville Dam. Geologically, the lake occupies a southern extension of Sequatchie Valley, which continues south as Browns Valley.
FactsOne of two wet cities in a dry county.
City School System independent of county system.
Guntersville Dam was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Current mayor is Bob Hembree, the son of a previous but not the preceding mayor and is currently serving his first term in office.
GeographyGuntersville is located at (34.348197, -86.294523).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 40.6 square miles (105.2 km²), of which, 23.6 square miles (61.3 km²) of it is land and 17.0 square miles (43.9 km²) of it (41.77%) is water.
Guntersville is located at the southernmost point of the Tennessee River on Lake Guntersville, formed by the Guntersville Dam. Geologically, the lake occupies a southern extension of Sequatchie Valley, which continues south as Browns Valley.
FactsOne of two wet cities in a dry county.
City School System independent of county system.
Guntersville Dam was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Current mayor is Bob Hembree, the son of a previous but not the preceding mayor and is currently serving his first term in office.
The Guntersville High School mascot is Wiley the Wildcat. The school colors are maroon and white.
Carlisle Park Middle School was demolished in 2007, because its successor Guntersville Middle School was built to take its place.
The Guntersville Wildcats football team was named 4A State Champions for 2006 after defeating the Thomasville Tigers 28-27 on December 7, 2006 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. This is currently the first time the football team has been awarded a state championship.
Guntersville Airport was the last place that singer Ricky Nelson's plane took off from before later crashing in Texas and killing everyone on board. Ricky had been in town to visit his friend Pat Upton of the music group "Spiral Staircase" famous for their hit "I Love You More Today Than Yesterday".
English travel writer Jonathan Raban devotes a one hundred page chapter entitled "In Our Valley" in his 1991 book to his stay in Guntersville. In it, he deftly portrays much of the local color and history of the town.
Several celebrities live on Lake Guntersville such as Jeff Cook of the band Alabama and
American Idol winner, Taylor Hicks.
Guntersville is the home of the Lake Guntersville Music Academy.
Tory Wade Gunter of Ohio has ancestors who settled this town. His name is John Gunter and he was the husband of an indian princess. He gave salt to the indian tribe in return of the land. This is where Guntersville came from.
Guntersville is currently home to professional soccer coach and former professional soccer player Pete Ghandour.
Notable historical residents M. E. Lazarus 19th century individualist anarchistExternal links Official Site
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