Brent is a city in Bibb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,972.

Brent was founded in 1898 along the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad pedigree in the southern portion of Bibb County, named after surveyor Brent H. Armstrong. The community was incorporated in 1913.

On May 27, 1973, Brent was a propos completely destroyed by an F4 tornado during an outbreak of violent weather in the Deep South, killing 5 people and injuring 56 in the area. The tornado was on the ring for 139 miles (224 km), currently the longest track to date in Alabama history, beginning just northeast of Demopolis in Hale County and eventually dissipating at Cheaha Mountain in Clay County. Adjacent Centreville traditional significant damage as capably as locations in handy counties. Brent was practiced to be rebuilt before being hit by unconventional EF3 on March 25, 2021, also damaging the next town of Centreville were to have the Bibb County Airport rendering the airport a sum loss.

Brent is located close the center of Bibb County at 32°56’24.864″ North, 87°10’29.935″ West (32.940240, -87.174982). It lies in the Cahaba River valley and is next to the city of Centreville, the county seat, which is across the Cahaba River from the city. U.S. Route 82 passes through the northern part of town, bypassing the town center, and leads northwest 32 miles (51 km) to Tuscaloosa and southeast 73 miles (117 km) to Montgomery, the disclose capital.