15 Facts About Tuscaloosa County

Tuscaloosa County is a county in the northwest-central portion of the US state of Alabama and is the center of commerce, education, industry, health care, and entertainment for the region.

Tuscaloosa County is part of the Tuscaloosa, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Hale and Pickens counties.

The town of Tuscaloosa County was damaged in the battle and shared fully in the South's economic sufferings which followed the defeat.

Tuscaloosa County had a total of 10 documented lynchings of African Americans, according to a 2015 study by the Equal Justice Initiative.

African Americans in Tuscaloosa were active in demonstrations and other civil rights activities throughout the 1960s, seeking desegregation of public facilities, including the county courthouse.

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Tuscaloosa County contains part of the Talladega National Forest, a national protected area.

Every Friday evening during the summer, the City of Tuscaloosa County holds a free live concert series, Live at the Plaza.

Historical museums in Tuscaloosa County include the Alabama Museum of Natural History, The Mildred Westervelt Warner Transportation Museum, and the Paul W Bryant Museum, which celebrates The University of Alabama's athletics history.

Tuscaloosa County has a total labor force of approximately 100,220 that includes many recent graduates of local higher education institutions.

Tuscaloosa County is the home to Tier-1 research university The University of Alabama, Shelton State Community College, and private liberal arts school Stillman College, a historically black college founded in 1876.

Tuscaloosa County is somewhat conservative for a county dominated by a college town.

Tuscaloosa County is one of seven in the state with limited home rule.

Tuscaloosa County is within the northern federal court district of Alabama.

Black Warrior River bisects Tuscaloosa County and is part of Alabama's network of more than 1,300 miles of navigable waterways.

Parker Towing Company, with headquarters in Tuscaloosa County, provides regional and local barge service and has one of the largest barge lines in the Southeast.