Sulligent is a city in Lamar County, Alabama, United States.

The primary business in Sulligent in the mid-1890s was cotton, with over 2500 bales ginned each year and shipped via the railroad.

Sulligent is home to Lamar County's only structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Greer Bankhead House, which antedates the city by almost four decades.

[6] In 2023, Mayor Scott Boman and the City Council elected to demolish the historical site of The Ogden House instead of restoring the structure.

[7] The Ogden House was the first home built inside of the incorporated city of Sulligent.

The house had stood since 1888 and had served as the home of William W. and Tallulah Henson Ogden.

McKinney became Auburn's first African American football player to be named first-team All-SEC.

Cribbs, a two-time All-SEC performer, a first-team All-American and SEC Player of the Year, was drafted in the 1980 NFL draft, becoming an NFL running back All-Pro and Rookie of the Year.

Sulligent was the home to Rashad Johnson, a University of Alabama All-SEC and All-American safety, who was selected in the 2009 NFL draft.

Sulligent was the childhood home of John H. Bankhead, a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and a Democratic U.S.

[9] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.8 square miles (20 km2), all land.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,879 people, 884 households, and 487 families residing in the city.