Dothan, Alabama

Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the state of Alabama. It is situated approximately 20 miles west of the Georgia state line and 18 miles north of Florida. Dothan is the seat of Houston County, Alabama with some portions of the city extending into nearby Dale County, Alabama and Henry County, Alabama. Its name comes from Genesis 37:17:"let us go to Dothan." According to the 2010 census the city's population was 65,496, making it the largest town in this part of the state.

Dothan is the principal city of the Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Geneva County, Alabama, Henry, and Houston counties; the small portion that is in Dale County, Alabama is part of the Enterprise-Ozark Metropolitan Statistical Area. The combined population of the entire Dothan metropolitan area was 145,639 in 2010. The city is called "The Peanut Capital of the World" because approximately one-fourth of the U.S. peanut crop is produced nearby, with much of it being processed in the city