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New Market is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the CDP was 1,543. Although it was the first area settled in Madison County, the town has never been incorporated.

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History

In the early 19th century, several persons from Tennessee explored the area just across the border in what eventually became Madison County in Alabama. Isaac and Joseph Criner also explored the area and, in 1804, settled in the northern part near what is now called the Mountain Fork of the Flint River. George Smith, landowner of the town site, built the first log house and established a mercantile business in 1814. John Miller excavated a millrace and erected a gristmill and sawmill in 1819. Later settlers gave the name “New Market” to the community.

On January 30, 1966, the coldest temperature ever to be recorded in Alabama was registered in New Market, at −27 °F (−33 °C).

Four sites in New Market are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the New Market Historic District, New Market Presbyterian Church, New Market United Methodist Church, and the Whitman-Cobb House. New Market is also home to the Mount Paran Cemetery, a historic cemetery recognized by the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and home to the graves of New Market pioneers including Isaac Criner and John Miller.

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Geography

New Market is located in northeastern Madison County at 34°54′23″N 86°25′34″W / 34.90639°N 86.42611°W / 34.90639; -86.42611 (34.906295, -86.426170). It is 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Huntsville and 6 miles (10 km) south of the Tennessee border.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 17.6 square miles (45.5 km), of which 0.03 square miles (0.08 km), or 0.17%, are water. The Mountain Fork of the Flint River flows through the northern part of the community. Backbone Mountain and other outliers at the southern end of the Cumberland Plateau rise 800 feet (240 m) above the town to the east.

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