Opelika
A city in Lee County, Alabama — population 31,135 as of 2020.
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Commodore Brunch Week 4: Falling flat
Vanderbilt Football’s Week 3 matchup with NC State — whether you think the ’Dores deserved to win the game or not — was extremely entertaining. Riding the high of that victory, the Black and Gold traveled down to the plains of Auburn, Alabama, to take on the Tigers in Jordan-Hare…
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Football: Three key takeaways from Vanderbilt’s loss at Auburn
The Commodores suffer their first loss of the season in their first matchup against an SEC team.
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Football: Vanderbilt suffers first defeat of the season to Auburn, 21-15
The Commodores couldn’t overcome their offensive struggles and fell to the Tigers in disappointing fashion.
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Opelika by the numbers
- Area
- 61.15 sq mi (158.39 km²), 1.01 sq mi water
- Median age
- 39.9
- Households
- 13,467
- Persons per household
- 2.4
- Median household income
- $65,004
- Median house value
- $241,800
- Office
- MAYOR
- Address
- PO BOX 390, OPELIKA, AL 36803