Talladega, AL

Talladega is the county seat of Talladega County, an east-central Alabama city incorporated in 1835. It carries more institutions than its size suggests: Talladega College, a historically Black college; the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind; and a number of historic properties. The nearby Talladega Superspeedway gives the name national recognition, even when people know the track more than the town. Talladega feels historic, civic, educational, and shadowed by motorsports fame.