'''Huntsville''' is a city in [[Alabama]]. It is the county seat of Madison County and is the state's largest city. It was originally settled by John Hunt and named by him [[Twickenham]] after the town in [[England]] where the poet [[Alexander Pope]], whom Hunt greatly admired, had his home. During the 1812-14 War the city, which had become the first incorporated municipality in the state, was renamed Huntsville after its founder. The city thrived from the cotton industry during the nineteenth century, but it was not until the mid-twentieth century that the city became more well-known. | '''Huntsville''' is a city in [[Alabama]]. It is the county seat of Madison County and is the state's largest city. It was originally settled by John Hunt and named by him [[Twickenham]] after the town in [[England]] where the poet [[Alexander Pope]], whom Hunt greatly admired, had his home. During the 1812-14 War the city, which had become the first incorporated municipality in the state, was renamed Huntsville after its founder. The city thrived from the cotton industry during the nineteenth century, but it was not until the mid-twentieth century that the city became more well-known. |