Gadsden

Gadsden is a place name used for several locations and historical items in the United States. The city of Gadsden, Alabama, is in northern Alabama along the Coosa River and is the county seat of Etowah County.

Gadsden County, Florida, is a county in the Florida Panhandle. Its county seat is Quincy. The county is named for James Gadsden, a 19th-century American diplomat who negotiated the Gadsden Purchase.

The Gadsden Purchase is an 1853 treaty in which the United States purchased land from Mexico to enable a southern railroad route. The purchase is named after James Gadsden and includes parts of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.

The Gadsden flag is a yellow banner featuring a coiled rattlesnake and the motto Don't tread on me. It was designed by Christopher Gadsden, a South Carolina patriot, in 1775 and has been associated with American independence and later political movements.

Notable people with the surname Gadsden include Christopher Gadsden (1724–1805), a South Carolina politician and American Revolutionary figure, and James Gadsden (1788–1858), a U.S. diplomat and railroad promoter.