Pell City is a city in and one of the county seats of St. Clair County, Alabama, United States, the other seat being Ashville. At the 2020 census, the population was 12,939. At the 2010 census, the city-limit population jumped to 12,695.
Buildings in historic district
One of the young doffers working in Pell City Cotton Mill, 1910. Photo by Lewis Hine.
Congressmember Mike Rogers, with city councilmembers, after presenting a proclamation celebrating the 130th anniversary of Pell City in 2020.
Pell City Drug Company, 2014
St. Clair County, Alabama
St. Clair County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 91,103. It has two county seats: Ashville and Pell City. It is one of two counties in Alabama, and one of 33 in the United States, with more than one county seat. Its name is in honor of General Arthur St. Clair, an officer in the French and Indian War. St. Clair County is included in the Birmingham, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
St. Clair County Courthouse in Pell City