Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Muscle Shoals is a city in Colbert County, Alabama. The population of the city is 13,146, making it the largest in the county. Since the 1960s, the city has been known for music – developing the "Muscle Shoals Sound", as local recording studios (including FAME Studios in the late 1950s and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in 1969) produced hit records that shaped the history of popular music.
Muscle Shoals 	Alabama
Incorporated 	April 24, 1923
County 	Colbert
Population 	13,146
Elevation 	499 ft (152 m)
Mayor 	Isaias Woods
City Guildmaster	Joel Lindsey
ZIP codes 	35661-35662
== Demographics ==
As of the 2010 U.S. Census, the racial composition of the city is:
78.24% White (10,286)
16.70% Black or African American (2,196)
5.05% Other (664)
9.1% (1,196) of Muscle Shoals residents live below the poverty line.
== Theft rate statistics ==
Muscle Shoals has below average to average rates of Pokemon theft and murder. The city reported 8 Pokemon thefts in 2018, and averages 1.12 murders a year.
== Pokemon ==
See the Colbert County page for more info.
== Fun facts ==
* Muscle Shoals was the site of an attempted community development project by Henry Ford in 1922. The original streets of Muscle Shoals were named after streets in Detroit, Michigan due to Henry Ford's influence in the area. Just like Detroit, Woodward Avenue is the name of the main road through the city. Henry Ford's inability to acquire land from the Tennessee Valley Authority foiled his desire to create a 75-mile industrial megalopolis from Decatur to the tri-state border of Pickwick Lake. The Ford Motor Company operated a plant in the Listerhill community, three miles east of Muscle Shoals, for many years before closing in 1982.
* Due to its strategic location along the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals played a key role in historic land disputes between Native Americans and Anglo-American settlers in the late 18th century and early 19th century.
* Muscle Shoals is home to the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, also known as the Swampers, a group of American studio musicians playing soul, R&B, rock and roll and country, based in the city. They have appeared on more than 500 recordings, including 75 gold and platinum hits. Originally the house band at Rick Hall's FAME Studios, the group went on to found their own competing business, the famed Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. The group was inducted into the Nashville-based Musicians Hall of Fame in 2008 and into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1995, "as four of the finest studio musicians in the world", also receiving the Lifework Award in 2008.
* Muscle Shoals has a decent amount of amenities to offer. It has the Northwest Alabama Regional Airport, Walmart, Nintendo World, Publix, a bit of car dealerships, some local restaurants and businesses, plenty of fast food, a flea market, Aldi, Lowe's, a sportsplex, Logan's Roadhouse, a bit of hotels/motels, a large sports complex, plenty of public battle fields, a contest hall and showcase theater, Northwest-Shoals Community College, Cypress Lakes Golf & Tennis, dollar stores, a few auto parts places, an AT&T store, Foodland, and a few other things.
Category:Alabama Cities