Editing Brent, Alabama (section)

==History==
Brent was founded in 1898 along the [[Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad]] line in the southern portion of Bibb County, named after surveyor Brent H. Armstrong. The community was incorporated in 1913.<ref name="HISTORY">[http://www.cityofbrentalabama.com/history.html City of Brent - History], Retrieved February 3, 2016.</ref>

On May 27, 1973, Brent was almost completely destroyed by an [[1973 Central Alabama tornado|F4 tornado]] during an outbreak of violent weather in the Deep South, killing 5 people and injuring 56 in the area. The tornado was on the ground for 139 miles (224&nbsp;km), currently the longest track to date in Alabama history, beginning just northeast of [[Demopolis, Alabama|Demopolis]] in [[Hale County, Alabama|Hale County]] and eventually dissipating at [[Cheaha Mountain]] in [[Clay County, Alabama|Clay County]].<ref name="NOAA">[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=event_05271973_centreville  NOAA, Long Track F-4 Tornado - Hale, Bibb, Perry, Shelby, Talladega and Clay Counties, May 27, 1973], Retrieved February 3, 2016.</ref> Adjacent [[Centreville, Alabama|Centreville]] received significant damage as well as locations in nearby counties.<ref name="HISTORY" /><ref name="TORNADO">[https://brenttornado.wordpress.com/ ''The Brent Tornado 1973: A Time To Remember'', A Red Letter Day by John Brasher], Retrieved February 2, 2016.</ref> Brent was able to be rebuilt before being hit by another EF3<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSBMX&e=202104062140 | title=IEM :: PNS from NWS BMX }}</ref> on [[Tornado outbreak sequence of March 24–28, 2021|March 25, 2021]], also damaging the adjacent town of [[Centreville, Alabama|Centreville]] were to have the [[Bibb County Airport]] rendering the airport a total loss.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/bibb-county-airport-a-total-loss-after-tornado-outbreak/ar-BB1eZkl5 |title=Bibb County airport a 'total loss' after tornado outbreak |website=[[MSN]] |access-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411001547/https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/bibb-county-airport-a-total-loss-after-tornado-outbreak/ar-BB1eZkl5 |url-status=dead }}</ref>