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Originally known as Coosa Bend, the town was established in 1818 by settlers from Carolina and Georgia well before Alabama became a state. It's was renamed Rainbow City after a stretch of Highway 411 known as Rainbow Drive and incorporated in May, 1950. The town's former mayor, Sue Glidewell, was one of Alabama's first female mayors serving 24 years in the post.
Located about an hour northeast of Birmingham and an hour and a half west of Atlanta, Rainbow City is home to 9,600 Gadsden metro residents. Situated just southwest of Gadsden, the town is the former home of former Kansas City Chief, Brody Croyle, who attended school here before heading to Tuscaloosa to play for the Alabama Crimson Tide. View Rainbow City Guide