Brighton

Brighton is a city near , United States and located just east of . At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 2,340 residents
  • Description: city near Birmingham, Alabama, United States
  • Also known as: “Brighton, AL”, “Brighton, Alabama”, and “Woodward Crossing”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southern Railway Terminal Station and Canaan Baptist Church.

Museum
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
The Bessemer Hall of History is a located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of . The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer. is situated 2½ miles south of Brighton.

Church
Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Baptist church located in . It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brighton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lipscomb and Dolomite.

Village
is a city in south central . It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the ZIP code.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. Today much of the community's residential neighborhoods lie within the corporate limits of the City of Birmingham and much of its business district lie within the corporate limits of the City of Hueytown. is situated 2 miles north of Brighton.

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
is a city in , Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of . The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.

Brighton

Latitude
33.43428° or 33° 26′ 3″ north
Longitude
-86.94722° or 86° 56′ 50″ west
Population
2,340
Elevation
509 feet (155 metres)
Open location code
865MC3M3+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153661949
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4047198
Wiki­data ID
Q80047
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Brighton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بريغهتون (ألاباما)”
  • Arabic: “بريغهتون، ألاباما”
  • Arabic: “بريغهتون”
  • Basque: “Brighton”
  • Catalan: “Brighton”
  • Cebuano: “Brighton”
  • Chechen: “Брайтон”
  • Chinese: “Brighton”
  • Chinese: “布莱顿”
  • Czech: “Brighton”
  • Danish: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Danish: “Brighton”
  • Dutch: “Brighton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بريجهتون”
  • French: “Brighton”
  • German: “Brighton”
  • Gilaki: “برایتن”
  • Haitian: “Brighton”
  • Hungarian: “Brighton”
  • Ido: “Brighton”
  • Indonesian: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Indonesian: “Brighton”
  • Irish: “Brighton”
  • Italian: “Brighton”
  • Korean: “브라이턴”
  • Ladin: “Brighton”
  • Malagasy: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Malagasy: “Brighton”
  • Mazanderani: “برایتن”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brighton”
  • Newari: “ब्राइटन (अलाबामा)”
  • Newari: “ब्राइटन, अलाबामा”
  • Newari: “ब्राइटन”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brighton”
  • Norwegian: “Brighton”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Brighton”
  • Persian: “برایتن”
  • Persian: “برایتون”
  • Polish: “Brighton”
  • Portuguese: “Brighton”
  • Russian: “Брайтон”
  • Serbian: “Brighton”
  • Serbian: “Брајтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brighton”
  • Slovak: “Brighton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برایتن”
  • Spanish: “Brighton (Alabama)”
  • Spanish: “Brighton”
  • Swedish: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Swedish: “Brighton”
  • Tatar: “Брайтон (Алабама)”
  • Tatar: “Брайтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Брайтон”
  • Urdu: “برائٹن، الاباما”
  • Urdu: “برائٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Brighton”
  • Vietnamese: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Vietnamese: “Brighton”
  • Volapük: “Brighton”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Brighton”
  • Welsh: “Brighton, Alabama”
  • Welsh: “Brighton”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brighton Cemetery and Brighton Fire Department.

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