Boaz is a city in Marshall and Etowah counties in the U.S. state of Alabama.

The Marshall County portion of the city is part of the Albertville Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[4] First settled in the 1850s, the town of Boaz was officially founded November 11, 1878, by the Sparks family of Georgia.

Prior to World War II, Boaz hosted a primarily cotton-based economy, only diversifying to livestock and poultry with the pressures of boll weevil infestations and the Great Depression.

After the war, Boaz developed a thriving automotive sales industry, which in many instances survives to this day.

Retailers moved away from Boaz due to a dwindling customer base, dropping to 80 stores in the early 1990s, with the Great Recession of the 2000s driving away even more.

[4] The Julia Street Memorial United Methodist Church, Snead Junior College Historic District, the Thomas A. Snellgrove Homestead and the Edward Fenns Whitman House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage lists the Boaz Elementary School, the First Baptist Church and Cemetery, and the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

The city sits atop Sand Mountain (a plateau) at 1,080 feet (330 m) above sea level.

The Tennessee Valley Divide crosses the east side of the city, with the eastern portions of the city draining to Short Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the Tennessee River.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 10,107 people, 3,494 households, and 2,197 families residing in the city.

[13] Climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year.