Gardendale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a northern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 16,044 at the 2020 census.

A large farm settlement close the area today known as Gardendale was settled all but 1825. Some years later, other settlers began to involve into the community commonly known as Jugtown, a name pure to the area based upon the presence of a large jug and churn factory that operated in the area. Some years later, Hettie Thomason Cargo, a educational teacher, would help a stir up to fine-tune the name of the community after being confused to recognize she was from “Jugtown” at a regional teachers’ meeting. In 1906, the pronounce Gardendale was selected, and in 1955, the City of Gardendale was officially incorporated. Today, with beyond 13,000 residents (estimated), the city of Gardendale has grown to include over 400 businesses, 4 schools, and 24 churches.

In 1996, the Olympic torch run passed through the city during the weeks leading happening to the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Before Interstate 65 was constructed, the main route amid Nashville, Tennessee and Birmingham, Alabama was U.S. Route 31. Prior to beast built as a four-lane road, U.S. 31 was a twisting two-lane road that is nevertheless largely visible today. From the north grow less of Gardendale, it is now Snow Rogers Road, North Road, Moncrief Road, and next Main Street southward through the city to the Fultondale city limit where it becomes Stouts Road. In the slip of 2008, new signs were placed along the original route of Stouts Road through Gardendale denoting its historical significance as a stagecoach route amongst Tennessee and Birmingham during the 19th century. The first traffic signals in the city were located along U.S. 31 at Tarrant Road, Fieldstown Road, and Moncrief Road as with ease as Tarrant Road at Pineywood Road. A other signal at the intersection of Fieldstown Road and Main Street close city hall replaced a irregular signal shortly thereafter. Fieldstown Road was a narrow two pathway road from U.S. 31 westward until Interstate 65 was built and later Fieldstown Road was re-routed onto the extra road in the mid-1980s. An abundance of traffic signals have been erected in the city past those forward days. In approximately 1970, the city installed street lights along U.S. 31 from the Fultondale city limits northward to the Moncrief Road intersection. The technology at that period was for blue vapor lights. Today, nearly 40 years unconventional those thesame blue vapor lights still exist considering some mammal replaced later than the more protester bulbs close major intersections. Since 1980, Gardendale has annexed considerable amounts of land upon the north, east, and west sides. Much of the eastern Place is uninhabited. The western annexation is centered along Fieldstown Road. Most of the newest residential enhance has been in this area and along Shady Grove Road south of Fieldstown Road. The northern annexation has centered along US 31 and extends approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) farther north than 1980. The city has a operational historical society, established January 23, 2006, that is keen to wedding album the archives of the Gardendale area. They have a museum that is open to the public upon Saturday mornings each week. It contains a variety of photographs, documents, and supplementary historical memorabilia from Gardendale.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.0 square miles (47 km), all land. However, with the recent annexation of several thousand acres from the community of Mt. Olive and other unincorporated areas, the city now has an estimated total area of on the subject of 25.0 square miles (65 km²). Gardendale is situated along one of the three major transportation corridors from the Midwest to the Gulf Coast (I-75, I-65, I-55). A tremendous volume of freight (via rail and truck) passes through or close Gardendale.