Local gems worth getting to know.
Tarrant is a town of about 6,000 in St. Clair County, just north of Birmingham on I-59. Most people know it as the exit before the city proper—a bedroom community with schools and lower cost of living
Tarrant sits just west of Birmingham, tucked between I-459 and Highway 11. If you live here, you know it's a quieter alternative to the city proper—close enough to Birmingham's attractions but with
Tarrant sits six miles west of downtown Birmingham, close enough that the Civil Rights National Monument and 16th Street Baptist Church are a 15-minute drive away, but far enough that your motel room
Tarrant sits in the industrial corridor between Birmingham and Bessemer, which means it doesn't get the food-media attention that either neighbor does. That's partly intentional. The restaurants here
Tarrant sits just northwest of Birmingham, close enough that many people assume it was simply a bedroom suburb where civil rights history happened elsewhere. That's not quite right. Between the 1950s
Tarrant sits just outside Birmingham in the industrial heartland of Jefferson County—a place where people stay because their families are here, where the school football team still matters on Friday