 More than a decade after the sharp decline in industry, in 1991 Gadsden was awarded the honor of All-America City by the National Civic League.This honored the way Gadsden's citizens, government, businesses, and voluntary LEXIE LIVES IN ALABAMA

The first substantial European-American settlement in the area that developed as Gadsden was a village called "Double Springs".It was founded in about 1825 by John Riley, a mixed-race American Indian and European-American settler who built his house near two springs.