list of counties in Alabama

{{see also|List of United States counties and county-equivalents}}

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| name = Counties of Alabama

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| map = {{Alabama County Labelled Map}}

| category =

| territory = State of Alabama

| start_date =

| current_number = 67

| number_date =

| population_range = Greatest: 664,744 (Jefferson)
Least: 7,127 (Greene)
Average: 76,981 (2024)

| area_range = Largest: {{convert|1590|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} (Baldwin)
Smallest: {{convert|535|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}} (Etowah)
Average: {{convert|782|sqmi|km2|abbr=on}}

| government = County government

| subdivision = cities, towns, unincorporated communities, census designated place

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The U.S. state of Alabama has 67 counties.{{Cite web|title=List of Alabama Counties|url=https://www.bamapolitics.com/alabama/counties/|access-date=2020-08-04|website=Bama Politics|date=October 23, 2018 |language=en}} Each county serves as the local level of government within its borders. The land enclosed by the present state borders was joined to the United States of America gradually. Following the American Revolutionary War, West Florida was ceded to Spain by treaty while the remainder was organized primarily as the Mississippi Territory, and later the Alabama Territory.{{cite web | title = Alabama History Timeline, 1701–1800 | publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.archives.state.al.us/timeline/al1702.html | access-date = 2009-05-18}} The territorial assembly established some of the earliest county divisions that have survived to the present, including the earliest county formation, that of Washington County, created on June 4, 1800. In 1814, the Treaty of Fort Jackson opened the territory to American settlers, which in turn led to a more rapid rate of county creation. Alabama was admitted to the Union as the 22nd state in 1819.{{cite web | title = Alabama History Timeline, 1801–1860 | publisher = Alabama Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.archives.state.al.us/timeline/al1801.html | access-date = 2009-05-18}} The Alabama state legislature formed additional counties from former native lands as the Indian Removal Act took effect and settlers populated different areas of Alabama.{{cite web |title=Alabama Counties: Cherokee |publisher=Alabama Department of Archives and History |url=http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/cherokee.html |access-date=2008-12-29}} In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama. By 1840, 49 counties had been created; 52 by 1850; 65 by 1870; and the present 67 counties by 1903.Foscue, Virginia O. (1989) Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. {{ISBN|0-8173-0410-X}} Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903.

According to 2024 U.S. Census data, the average population of Alabama's 67 counties is 76,981, with Jefferson County as the most populous (664,744), and Greene County (7,127) the least.{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 15, 2025}} The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km²). The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km²) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km²).{{cite web|title=2010 Census U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazetteer2010.html|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=March 13, 2011}} The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least {{convert|600|sqmi|km2}} in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state.Wikisource:Alabama State Constitution of 1901/Initial Constitution#Section 39

The Alabama Department of Revenue's Motor Vehicle Division issues standard automobile license plates that bear a one- or two-digit number identifying the county in which the vehicle is registered. This number is given in the fourth column in the table below. The first three prefixes are reserved for the state's historically most populous counties, and thereafter proceed alphabetically. Individual license plate numbers are assigned sequentially in each licensing office. The numbers are in the format XAA1111 or XXAA111, depending on whether the prefix is one or two digits. Overflow registrations are accommodated by substituting a letter for one of the registration numbers, such that XXZ999Z is followed by XXA0A0A.{{cite web |url=http://www.15q.net/al.html |title=Alabama License Plates, 1969–present |access-date=2007-08-08 |author=Nicholson, David |publisher=License Plates of North America, 1969–present}}

The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, used by the United States government to uniquely identify counties, is provided with each entry. The FIPS code links in the table point to U.S. Census "quick facts" pages for each county. Alabama's FIPS state code is 01.

Counties

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{{Countyrow|Name=Autauga|N=01|Num=001|Seat=Prattville|Data1=4|Data2=1818|Data3=Montgomery County|Data4=The Autauga or Atagi people, Native Americans who were a sub-group of the Alibamu|Data5=103.4|Population=61464|Area=594.44|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Baldwin|N=01|Num=003|Seat=Bay Minette||Data1=5|Data2=1809|Data3=Washington County and West Florida|Data4=Abraham Baldwin (1754–1807), U.S. legislator from Georgia|Data5=164.6|Population=261608|Area=1589.78|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Barbour|N=01|Num=005|Seat=Clayton|Data1=6|Data2=1832|Data3=Pike County|Data4=James Barbour (1775–1842), Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator|Data5=27.5 |Population=24358|Area=884.88|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Bibb|N=01|Num=007|Seat=Centreville|Data1=7|Data2=1818|Data3=Montgomery County (as Cahawba County)|Data4=William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820), 1st Governor of Alabama|Data5=35.8|Population=22258|Area=622.58|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Blount|N=01|Num=009|Seat=Oneonta|Data1=8|Data2=1818|Data3=Montgomery County and Creek territories|Data4=Willie Blount (1768–1835), Governor of Tennessee|Data5=93.3|Population=60163|Area=644.78|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Bullock|N=01|Num=011|Seat=Union Springs|Data1=9|Data2=1866|Data3=Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, and Pike counties|Data4=Edward Bullock (1822–1861), colonel in the Confederate States Army|Data5=15.9|Population=9901|Area=622.80|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Butler|N=01|Num=013|Seat=Greenville|Data1=10|Data2=1819|Data3=Conecuh and Monroe counties|Data4=William Butler (1759–1818), captain in Creek War|Data5=23.5|Population=18256|Area=776.83|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Calhoun|N=01|Num=015|Seat=Anniston|Data1=11|Data2=1832|Data3=St. Clair County (as Benton County)|Data4=John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), 7th U.S. Vice President|Data5=192.2|Population=116427|Area=605.87|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Chambers|N=01|Num=017|Seat=LaFayette|Data1=12|Data2=1832|Data3=Montgomery County|Data4=Henry H. Chambers (1790–1826), U.S. Senator|Data5=56.7|Population=33813|Area=596.53|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Cherokee|N=01|Num=019|Seat=Centre|Data1=13|Data2=1836|Data3=Cherokee territory|Data4=Cherokee people, whose lands included Northeast Alabama|Data5=47.2|Population=26138|Area=553.70|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Chilton|N=01|Num=021|Seat=Clanton|Data1=14|Data2=1868|Data3=Autauga, Bibb, Perry, and Shelby counties (as Baker County)|Data4=William Parish Chilton (1810–1871), Alabama Supreme Court Justice and Confederate congressman|Data5=68.2|Population=47262|Area=692.85|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Choctaw|N=01|Num=023|Seat=Butler|Data1=15|Data2=1847|Data3=Sumter and Washington counties|Data4=Choctaw people, whose lands included Alabama|Data5=13.2|Population=12052|Area=913.50|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Clarke|N=01|Num=025|Seat=Grove Hill|Data1=16|Data2=1812|Data3=Washington County|Data4=John Clarke (1766–1832), general from Georgia|Data5=17.9|Population=22142|Area=1238.46|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Clay|N=01|Num=027|Seat=Ashland|Data1=17|Data2=1866|Data3=Randolph and Talladega counties|Data4=Henry Clay (1777–1852), U.S. legislator from Kentucky |Data5=23.6|Population=14239|Area=603.96|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Cleburne|N=01|Num=029|Seat=Heflin|Data1=18|Data2=1866|Data3=Calhoun, Randolph, and Talladega counties|Data4=Patrick Cleburne (1828–1864), Major General in Confederate States Army|Data5=28.4|Population=15905|Area=560.10|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Coffee|N=01|Num=031|Noseat=Elba and Enterprise{{cite web|url=http://www.coffeecounty.us/History.html |title=History of Coffee County |author=Coffee County, Alabama |access-date=2011-08-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027140704/http://www.coffeecounty.us/History.html |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }}|Data1=19|Data2=1841|Data3=Dale County|Data4=John Coffee (1772–1833), military leader in War of 1812 and Creek War|Data5=83.0|Population=56358|Area=678.97|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Colbert|N=01|Num=033|Seat=Tuscumbia|Data1=20|Data2=1867|Data3=Franklin County|Data4=George Colbert (1764–1839) and Levi Colbert (1759–1834), Chickasaw chiefs|Data5=99.2|Population=58785|Area=592.62|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Conecuh|N=01|Num=035|Noseat=Evergreen|Data1=21|Data2=1818|Data3=Monroe County|Data4=The Conecuh River, which flows through the county|Data5=13.1|Population=11109|Area=850.16|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Coosa|N=01|Num=037|Seat=Rockford|Data1=22|Data2=1832|Data3=Montgomery County|Data4=The Coosa River, which flows through the county, and is itself named after a Native American village|Data5=15.8|Population=10291|Area=650.93|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Covington|N=01|Num=039|Seat=Andalusia|Data1=23|Data2=1821|Data3=Henry County|Data4=Leonard Covington (1768–1813), Brigadier General in War of 1812 and U.S. Congressman|Data5=36.6|Population=37748|Area=1030.46|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Crenshaw|N=01|Num=041|Seat=Luverne|Data1=24|Data2=1866|Data3=Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, and Pike Counties|Data4=Anderson Crenshaw (1783–1847), Alabama Supreme Court justice and early settler|Data5=21.5|Population=13114|Area=608.84|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Cullman|N=01|Num=043|Seat=Cullman|Data1=25|Data2=1877|Data3=Blount, Morgan, and Winston counties|Data4=Colonel John G. Cullmann (1823–1895), founder of county seat|Data5=126.0|Population=92604|Area=734.84|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Dale|N=01|Num=045|Seat=Ozark|Data1=26|Data2=1824|Data3=Covington and Henry counties|Data4=Samuel Dale (1772–1841), Brigadier General and state legislator|Data5=89.2|Population=50067|Area=561.15|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Dallas|N=01|Num=047|Seat=Selma|Data1=27|Data2=1818|Data3=Monroe and Montgomery counties|Data4=Alexander James Dallas (1759–1817), U.S. Secretary of Treasury|Data5=36.3|Population=35545|Area=978.69|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=DeKalb|N=01|Num=049|Seat=Fort Payne|Data1=28|Data2=1836|Data3=Cherokee territory|Data4=Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), major general in American Revolutionary War|Data5=94.1|Population=73122|Area=777.09|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Elmore|N=01|Num=051|Seat=Wetumpka|Data1=29|Data2=1866|Data3=Autauga, Coosa, Montgomery, and Tallapoosa counties|Data4=John Archer Elmore (1762–1834), Revolutionary War veteran|Data5=147.2|Population=91042|Area=618.48|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Escambia|N=01|Num=053|Seat=Brewton|Data1=30|Data2=1868|Data3=Baldwin and Conecuh counties|Data4=Escambia Creek, a tributary of the Conecuh River|Data5=38.8|Population=36630|Area=945.08|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Etowah|N=01|Num=055|Seat=Gadsden|Data1=31|Data2=1866|Data3=Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall, and St. Clair counties (as Baine County)|Data4=Etowah Indian Mounds|Data5=192.9|Population=103207|Area=534.99|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Fayette|N=01|Num=057|Seat=Fayette|Data1=32|Data2=1824|Data3=Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties|Data4=Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), Revolutionary War commander|Data5=25.3|Population=15863|Area=627.66|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Franklin|N=01|Num=059|Seat=Russellville|Data1=33|Data2=1818|Data3=Cherokee territory|Data4=Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), politician, diplomat, inventor, and publisher|Data5=50.3|Population=31874|Area=633.82|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Geneva|N=01|Num=061|Seat=Geneva|Data1=34|Data2=1868|Data3=Coffee, Dale, and Henry counties|Data4=Named after Geneva, New York, the origin of several early settlers|Data5=47.5|Population=27259|Area=574.41|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Greene|N=01|Num=063|Seat=Eutaw|Data1=35|Data2=1819|Data3=Marengo and Tuscaloosa counties|Data4=Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Revolutionary War general|Data5=11.0|Population=7127|Area=647.11|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Hale|N=01|Num=065|Seat=Greensboro|Data1=36|Data2=1867|Data3=Greene, Marengo, Perry, and Tuscaloosa counties|Data4=Stephen F. Hale (1816–1862), lieutenant colonel in Confederate States Army|Data5=23.5|Population=15116|Area=643.94|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Henry|N=01|Num=067|Seat=Abbeville|Data1=37|Data2=1819|Data3=Conecuh County|Data4=Patrick Henry (1736–1799), Revolutionary War patriot and Governor of Virginia|Data5=32.3|Population=18141|Area=561.75|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Houston|N=01|Num=069|Seat=Dothan|Data1=38|Data2=1903|Data3=Dale, Geneva, and Henry counties|Data4=George S. Houston (1811–1879), 24th Governor of Alabama and U.S. Congressman|Data5=188.6|Population=109366|Area=579.82|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Jackson|N=01|Num=071|Seat=Scottsboro|Data1=39|Data2=1819|Data3=Cherokee territory|Data4=Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th U.S. President|Data5=49.9|Population=53780|Area=1077.87|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Jefferson|N=01|Num=073|Seat=Birmingham|Data1=1|Data2=1819|Data3=Blount County|Data4=Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd U.S. President|Data5=598.2|Population=664744|Area=1111.28|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Lamar|N=01|Num=075|Seat=Vernon|Data1=40|Data2=1867|Data3=Fayette and Marion counties (as Jones County)|Data4=Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825–1893), U.S. Supreme Court justice|Data5=22.4 |Population=13543|Area=604.85|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Lauderdale|N=01|Num=077|Seat=Florence|Data1=41|Data2=1818|Data3=Cherokee and Chickasaw territories|Data4=James Lauderdale (1780–1814), Colonel in War of 1812|Data5=146.0|Population=97502|Area=667.70|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Lawrence|N=01|Num=079|Seat=Moulton|Data1=42|Data2=1818|Data3=Cherokee territory|Data4=James Lawrence (1781–1813), naval officer in War of 1812|Data5=48.6|Population=33567|Area=690.68|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Lee|N=01|Num=081|Seat=Opelika|Data1=43|Data2=1866|Data3=Chambers, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties|Data4=Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), Commander of the Confederate States Army|Data5=309.2|Population=187847|Area=607.54|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Limestone|N=01|Num=083|Seat=Athens|Data1=44|Data2=1818|Data3=Elk and Madison counties|Data4=Limestone Creek, named for local geological deposits|Data5=212.4|Population=118942|Area=559.94|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Lowndes|N=01|Num=085|Seat=Hayneville|Data1=45|Data2=1830|Data3=Butler, Dallas, and Montgomery counties|Data4=William Lowndes (1782–1822), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina|Data5=13.2|Population=9485|Area=715.91|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Macon|N=01|Num=087|Seat=Tuskegee|Data1=46|Data2=1832|Data3=Montgomery County|Data4=Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), U.S. legislator from North Carolina|Data5=29.8|Population=18159|Area=608.89|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Madison|N=01|Num=089|Seat=Huntsville|Data1=47|Data2=1808|Data3=Cherokee and Chickasaw territories|Data4=James Madison (1751–1836), 4th U.S. President|Data5=528.1|Population=423355|Area=801.59|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Marengo|N=01|Num=091|Seat=Linden|Data1=48|Data2=1818|Data3=Choctaw territory|Data4=Battle of Marengo|Data5=19.0|Population=18512|Area=976.88|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Marion|N=01|Num=093|Seat=Hamilton|Data1=49|Data2=1818|Data3=Tuscaloosa County|Data4=Francis Marion (1732–1795), military leader in American Revolutionary War|Data5=39.5|Population=29323|Area=742.29|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Marshall|N=01|Num=095|Seat=Guntersville|Data1=50|Data2=1836|Data3=Blount and Jackson counties and Cherokee territory|Data4=John Marshall (1755–1835), Chief Justice of the United States 1801–1835|Data5=180.5|Population=102156|Area=565.84|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Mobile|N=01|Num=097|Seat=Mobile|Data1=2|Data2=1812|Data3=Mobile District of West Florida after annexation into Mississippi Territory|Data4=Mobile Bay, on which county is located, and which is itself named after the Maubila tribe of Native Americans|Data5=335.4|Population=412339|Area=1229.44|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Monroe|N=01|Num=099|Seat=Monroeville|Data1=51|Data2=1815|Data3=Creek territory|Data4=James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th U.S. President|Data5=18.6|Population=19057|Area=1025.67|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Montgomery|N=01|Num=101|Seat=Montgomery|Data1=3|Data2=1816|Data3=Monroe County|Data4=Lemuel P. Montgomery (1786–1814), Major in Creek War|Data5=288.0|Population=225894|Area=784.25|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Morgan|N=01|Num=103|Seat=Decatur|Data1=52|Data2=1818|Data3=Cherokee territory (as Cotaco County)|Data4=Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), U.S. Congressman|Data5=217.6|Population=126084|Area=579.34|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Perry|N=01|Num=105|Seat=Marion|Data1=53|Data2=1819|Data3=Cahawba, Dallas, Marengo, and Tuscaloosa counties|Data4=Oliver Hazard Perry (1795–1819), naval officer in War of 1812|Data5=10.7|Population=7719|Area=719.66|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Pickens|N=01|Num=107|Seat=Carrollton|Data1=54|Data2=1820|Data3=Tuscaloosa County|Data4=Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), General in the Revolutionary War|Data5=21.0|Population=18508|Area=881.41|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Pike|N=01|Num=109|Seat=Troy|Data1=55|Data2=1821|Data3=Henry and Montgomery counties|Data4=Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), explorer and officer in War of 1812|Data5=49.3|Population=33124|Area=672.09|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Randolph|N=01|Num=111|Seat=Wedowee|Data1=56|Data2=1832|Data3=St. Clair and Shelby counties|Data4=John Randolph (1773–1833), U.S. Senator from Virginia|Data5=39.7|Population=23067|Area=580.55|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Russell|N=01|Num=113|Seat=Phenix City|Data1=57|Data2=1832|Data3=Barbour, Bullock, Lee and Macon counties|Data4=Gilbert C. Russell (1782–1861), officer in Creek War|Data5=91.8|Population=58837|Area=641.14|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=St. Clair|N=01|Num=115|Noseat=Ashville and Pell City|Data1=59|Data2=1818|Data3=Shelby County|Data4=Arthur St. Clair (1736–1818), President of Continental Congress|Data5=153.4|Population=96927|Area=631.90|Map=Map of Alabama highlighting Saint Clair County.svg|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Shelby|N=01|Num=117|Seat=Columbiana|Data1=58|Data2=1818|Data3=Montgomery County|Data4=Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), Governor of Kentucky|Data5=300.6|Population=235969|Area=784.93|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Sumter|N=01|Num=119|Seat=Livingston|Data1=60|Data2=1832|Data3=Choctaw territory|Data4=Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina|Data5=12.8|Population=11607|Area=903.89|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Talladega|N=01|Num=121|Seat=Talladega|Data1=61|Data2=1832|Data3=St. Clair and Shelby counties|Data4=Talatigi, Creek Indian name for the county seat, meaning "border town"|Data5=110.1|Population=81375|Area=736.78|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Tallapoosa|N=01|Num=123|Seat=Dadeville|Data1=62|Data2=1832|Data3=Montgomery and Shelby counties|Data4=Tallapoosa River|Data5=56.8|Population=40699|Area=716.52|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Tuscaloosa|N=01|Num=125|Seat=Tuscaloosa|Data1=63|Data2=1818|Data3=Montgomery County and Choctaw territory|Data4=Iroquoian name for the Black Warrior River|Data5=182.5|Population=241212|Area=1321.75|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Walker|N=01|Num=127|Seat=Jasper|Data1=64|Data2=1823|Data3=Blount, Jefferson, and Tuscaloosa counties|Data4=John Williams Walker (1783–1823), U.S. Senator from Alabama|Data5=82.5|Population=65260|Area=791.19|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Washington|N=01|Num=129|Seat=Chatom|Data1=65|Data2=1800|Data3=Adams and Pickering counties of Mississippi Territory|Data4=George Washington (1732–1799), 1st U.S. President|Data5=13.9|Population=15018|Area=1080.21|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Wilcox|N=01|Num=131|Seat=Camden|Data1=66|Data2=1819|Data3=Dallas and Monroe counties|Data4=Joseph M. Wilcox (1790–1814), lieutenant in Creek War|Data5=11.1|Population=9865|Area=888.50|Size=75px}}

{{Countyrow|Name=Winston|N=01|Num=133|Seat=Double Springs|Data1=67|Data2=1850|Data3=Walker County (as Hancock County)|Data4=John A. Winston (1812–1871), 15th Governor of Alabama |Data5=38.9|Population=23869|Area=612.98|Size=75px}}

Former county names

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County !Named for !Changed to
Baine County \|David W. Baine, Colonel in the Civil War \|Etowah County in 1868
Baker County \|Alfred Baker, a local landowner \|Chilton County in 1874
Benton County \|Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri \|Calhoun County in 1858, honoring Benton's rival John C. Calhoun of South Carolina after Benton's renunciation of slavery
Cahawba County \|former state capital of Cahawba \|Bibb County in 1820
Cotaco County \|Cotaco Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River \|Morgan County in 1821
Hancock County \|John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence \|Winston County in 1858
Jones County \|Josiah Jones, a local political leader \|Covington County (its former name) in 1868 after Jones refused the honor
Jones County \|E.P. Jones, a local landowner \|Sanford County, which subsequently became Lamar County in 1877
Sanford County \|H.C. Sanford, a local landowner \|Lamar County in 1877

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County

!Named for

!Changed to

Baine County

|David W. Baine, Colonel in the Civil War

|Etowah County in 1868

Baker County

|Alfred Baker, a local landowner

|Chilton County in 1874

Benton County

|Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. Senator from Missouri

|Calhoun County in 1858, honoring Benton's rival John C. Calhoun of South Carolina after Benton's renunciation of slavery

Cahawba County

|former state capital of Cahawba

|Bibb County in 1820

Cotaco County

|Cotaco Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River

|Morgan County in 1821

Hancock County

|John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence

|Winston County in 1858

Jones County

|Josiah Jones, a local political leader

|Covington County (its former name) in 1868 after Jones refused the honor

Jones County

|E.P. Jones, a local landowner

|Sanford County, which subsequently became Lamar County in 1877

Sanford County

|H.C. Sanford, a local landowner

|Lamar County in 1877

Former counties

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County !Established !Dissolved !Named for !Notes
Decatur County \|December 7, 1821 \|December 28, 1825 \|Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy. \|Created in 1822 with Woodville as its county seat. Abolished several years later, divided between Madison County and Jackson County.
Elk County{{cite book \|title= A Walk Through the Past: People and Places of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama\|last= McDonald\|first= William Lindsey \|year= 2003\|orig-year= 1997 \|publisher= Bluewater Publications \|location= Killen, Alabama\|isbn= 9780971994560\|pages= 223–224\|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HXPa7_F5c1cC\|access-date=2012-05-08}} \|May 9, 1817 \|January 26, 1818 \|Elk River \|Established by Mississippi Territory prior to Mississippi–Alabama split; abolished prior to Alabama statehood

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County

!Established

!Dissolved

!Named for

!Notes

Decatur County

|December 7, 1821

|December 28, 1825

|Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy.

|Created in 1822 with Woodville as its county seat. Abolished several years later, divided between Madison County and Jackson County.

Elk County{{cite book |title= A Walk Through the Past: People and Places of Florence and Lauderdale County, Alabama|last= McDonald|first= William Lindsey |year= 2003|orig-year= 1997 |publisher= Bluewater Publications |location= Killen, Alabama|isbn= 9780971994560|pages= 223–224|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HXPa7_F5c1cC|access-date=2012-05-08}}

|May 9, 1817

|January 26, 1818

|Elk River

|Established by Mississippi Territory prior to Mississippi–Alabama split; abolished prior to Alabama statehood

References

;Specific

;General

{{cite web| url=http://www.countystate.info/alabama.htm| title=CountyState.info Alabama|access-date=2007-09-13|publisher=Official County Websites}}

External links

[http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/contemporarymaps/alabama/historical/index.html Map series] showing evolution of county boundaries. Cartographic Research Laboratory. University of Alabama Department of Geography.
[https://digitalalabama.com/article/alabama-counties Alabama Counties] Alabama Counties Features. Digital Alabama

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See also

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