ALABAMA COUNTIES (by date established) |
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| There are 67 administrative divisions, referred to as counties, in the state of Alabama. The population figures given below are from the 2000 census. You may list the counties by county name, area in square miles, by year organized or by population by clicking on the column headings or using the pull-down list box. | ||||
| County | Area (sq miles) | County Seat | Established | Population (2000) |
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| Washington County | 1,081 | Chatom | 1800 | 18,097 |
| Madison County | 805 | Huntsville | 1808 | 276,700 |
| Baldwin County | 1,596 | Bay Minette | 1809 | 140,415 |
| Clarke County | 1,238 | Grove Hill | 1812 | 27,867 |
| Mobile County | 1,233 | Mobile | 1812 | 399,843 |
| Monroe County | 1,026 | Monroeville | 1815 | 24,324 |
| Montgomery County | 790 | Montgomery | 1816 | 223,510 |
| Autauga County | 596 | Prattville | 1818 | 43,671 |
| Bibb County | 622 | Centreville | 1818 | 20,826 |
| Blount County | 646 | Oneonta | 1818 | 51,024 |
| Conecuh County | 851 | Evergreen | 1818 | 14,089 |
| Dallas County | 981 | Selma | 1818 | 46,365 |
| Franklin County | 636 | Russellville | 1818 | 31,223 |
| Lauderdale County | 670 | Florence | 1818 | 87,966 |
| Lawrence County | 693 | Moulton | 1818 | 34,803 |
| Limestone County | 568 | Athens | 1818 | 65,676 |
| Marengo County | 977 | Linden | 1818 | 22,539 |
| Marion County | 742 | Hamilton | 1818 | 31,214 |
| Morgan County | 582 | Decatur | 1818 | 223,510 |
| Shelby County | 795 | Columbiana | 1818 | 143,293 |
| St. Clair County | 634 | Ashville | 1818 | 64,742 |
| Tuscaloosa County | 1,325 | Tuscaloosa | 1818 | 164,875 |
| Butler County | 777 | Greenville | 1819 | 21,399 |
| Greene County | 646 | Eutaw | 1819 | 9,974 |
| Henry County | 562 | Abbeville | 1819 | 16,310 |
| Jackson County | 1,079 | Scottsboro | 1819 | 53,926 |
| Jefferson County | 1,113 | Birmingham | 1819 | 662,047 |
| Perry County | 720 | Marion | 1819 | 11,861 |
| Wilcox County | 889 | Camden | 1819 | 13,183 |
| Pickens County | 882 | Carrollton | 1820 | 20,949 |
| Covington County | 1,035 | Andalusia | 1821 | 37,631 |
| Pike County | 671 | Troy | 1821 | 29,605 |
| Walker County | 794 | Jasper | 1823 | 70,713 |
| Dale County | 561 | Ozark | 1824 | 49,129 |
| Fayette County | 628 | Fayette | 1824 | 18,495 |
| Lowndes County | 718 | Hayneville | 1830 | 13,473 |
| Barbour County | 885 | Clayton | 1832 | 29,038 |
| Chambers County | 597 | LaFayette | 1832 | 36,583 |
| Coosa County | 652 | Rockford | 1832 | 12,202 |
| Macon County | 611 | Tuskegee | 1832 | 24,105 |
| Randolph County | 581 | Wedowee | 1832 | 22,380 |
| Russell County | 641 | Phenix City | 1832 | 49,756 |
| Sumter County | 905 | Livingston | 1832 | 14,798 |
| Talladega County | 740 | Talladega | 1832 | 80,321 |
| Tallapoosa County | 718 | Dadeville | 1832 | 41,475 |
| Cherokee County | 553 | Centre | 1836 | 23,988 |
| DeKalb County | 778 | Fort Payne | 1836 | 64,452 |
| Marshall County | 567 | Guntersville | 1836 | 82,231 |
| Coffee County | 679 | Elba | 1841 | 43,615 |
| Choctaw County | 914 | Butler | 1847 | 15,922 |
| Calhoun County | 608 | Anniston | 1858 | 112,249 |
| Winston County | 614 | Double Springs | 1858 | 24,843 |
| Bullock County | 625 | Union Springs | 1866 | 11,714 |
| Clay County | 605 | Ashland | 1866 | 14,254 |
| Cleburne County | 560 | Heflin | 1866 | 14,123 |
| Crenshaw County | 610 | Luverne | 1866 | 13,665 |
| Elmore County | 622 | Wetumpka | 1866 | 65,874 |
| Etowah County | 535 | Gadsden | 1866 | 103,459 |
| Lee County | 609 | Opelika | 1866 | 115,092 |
| Colbert County | 595 | Tuscumbia | 1867 | 54,984 |
| Hale County | 644 | Greensboro | 1867 | 17,185 |
| Lamar County | 605 | Vernon | 1867 | 15,904 |
| Chilton County | 694 | Clanton | 1868 | 39,593 |
| Escambia County | 948 | Brewton | 1868 | 38,440 |
| Geneva County | 576 | Geneva | 1868 | 25,764 |
| Cullman County | 738 | Cullman | 1877 | 77,483 |
| Houston County | 580 | Dothan | 1903 | 88,787 |
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Source: United States Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov, August 7, 2006.
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About Counties: Overview of counties from the National Association of Counties. History of County Government: Three-part history of county government in the United States from the National Association of Counties. The American Counties: Origins of County Names, Dates of Creation, and Population Data, 1950-2000, by Joseph Nathan Cane and updated by by Charles Curry Aiken. Purchase the premiere guide to information on the histories of the names, sizes, and populations of the counties of the United States. Scarecrow Press; 5th edition (December 28, 2004) 560 pages. County Name Origins of the United States by Michael A. Beatty. This thorough and carefully prepared work is recommended for medium to large academic and public libraries. McFarland & Company (May 2001) 665 pages. |
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