Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Arab, AL

Arab is a city in northern Alabama that lies mostly in Marshall County, with a portion extending south into Cullman County.

The city sits atop Brindlee Mountain at an elevation of about 1,100 feet, near the southwest end of the Appalachian Plateau, about 10 miles from Guntersville Lake.

Arab began in the 1840s as Thompson's Village, established by Stephen Tuttle Thompson.

The name Arab is a famous postal accident: in 1882 the U.S. Postal Service misspelled "Arad" — for Arad Thompson, the founder's son — on the town's post office application, and the misspelling stuck.

Arab was incorporated on December 10, 1892.

The 2020 census counted 8,461 people in Arab, living in 3,484 households.

U.S. Highway 231 runs north to south through Arab and Alabama State Route 69 runs east to west through its business district.

Arab sits on the Tennessee Valley Divide: the north side of the city drains toward the Tennessee River, while the south half drains to the headwaters of the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River.

Arab has its own school system, Arab City Schools, and residents are assigned to it regardless of which of the city's two counties they live in.

Electricity in Arab is supplied by the Arab Electric Cooperative using Tennessee Valley Authority power, and the city's water is drawn from Browns Creek on Guntersville Lake.