Hoover is a city in the Jefferson and Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States.

The Birmingham Barons Minor League Baseball team, which traces its history to 1885, played its home games at the 10,800-seat Hoover Metropolitan Stadium from 1988 through 2013, when it moved to Regions Field in the Parkside District of Birmingham.

In 1986 the Riverchase Galleria multi-use complex opened; it has significantly increased the tax revenue for the city.

The city has grown extremely fast, aided by its annexations of territory as well as new developments.

[4] Many major highways pass through the city limits, including I-65, I-459, and U.S. Route 31.

(Candidates for at-large elections must gain a majority of voters; such a system has been found in other cities in Alabama to limit the ability of minority voters to elect candidates of their choice.)

The Riverchase Galleria shopping-hotel-office complex generates tax revenues for the city; it is also the location of numerous retail, hotel, and office workers.

Major shopping centers in the city include Riverchase Galleria on US 31, Patton Creek on SR 150, and Village at Lee Branch on US 280.

There are eight engine companies, two quints, one ladder truck, three ALS rescue/ambulances, and two battalion chief cars.

Hoover Fire Department holds a Class 1 ISO rating.

[citation needed] Hoover provides traffic, severe weather, disaster information, and details on special events on low-power AM radio (1610 kHz).

Hoover is served by two interstate highways, 65 and 459, with a major interchange near the center of the city.

Given the population expansion, the city built Riverchase Elementary to relieve overcrowding of some schools.

The student population bubble is advancing in the system, and in the 2011–2012 academic year, Bumpus Middle School and its students were relocated to the former freshman center of Hoover High School.

Brock's Gap served 5th and 6th graders until 2018 when Hoover Rezoning went into effect.

Bumpus Middle School served only 7th and 8th graders until 2018 because of Hoover Rezoning.

The Shelby-Hoover campus of the Jefferson State Community College is in Shelby County, is in Hoover, near Spain Park High School.

[26][27] Faulkner University has a campus on Valleydale Road; The University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) in downtown Birmingham is only 8–10 miles away, and features the premier medical school of Alabama.

Its office is at the Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC facility in unincorporated Talladega County, near Lincoln.

Charter Communications, Bright House Networks, and AT&T U-verse provide cable television service to specific communities in Hoover.

DirecTV and Dish Network provide direct broadcast satellite television, including both local and national channels.