County
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FIPS code[11]
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County seat[3]
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License # [12]
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Est.[3]
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Formed from[13]
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Etymology[6][14] | Density
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Population (2023)[15] |
Land Area |
Map |
Autauga County |
001 |
Prattville | 4 | 1818 | Montgomery County | The Autauga or Atagi people, Native Americans who were a sub-group of the Alibamu | 101.5 |
60,342 |
594.44 sq mi (1,540 km2) | |
Baldwin County |
003 |
Bay Minette | 5 | 1809 | Washington County and West Florida | Abraham Baldwin (1754–1807), U.S. legislator from Georgia | 159.5 |
253,507 |
1,589.78 sq mi (4,118 km2) | |
Barbour County |
005 |
Clayton | 6 | 1832 | Pike County | James Barbour (1775–1842), Governor of Virginia and U.S. Senator | 27.8 |
24,585 |
884.88 sq mi (2,292 km2) | |
Bibb County |
007 |
Centreville | 7 | 1818 | Montgomery County (as Cahawba County) | William Wyatt Bibb (1781–1820), 1st Governor of Alabama | 35.1 |
21,868 |
622.58 sq mi (1,612 km2) | |
Blount County |
009 |
Oneonta | 8 | 1818 | Montgomery County and Creek territories | Willie Blount (1768–1835), Governor of Tennessee | 92.8 |
59,816 |
644.78 sq mi (1,670 km2) | |
Bullock County |
011 |
Union Springs | 9 | 1866 | Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, and Pike counties | Edward Bullock (1822–1861), colonel in the Confederate States Army | 15.9 |
9,897 |
622.80 sq mi (1,613 km2) | |
Butler County |
013 |
Greenville | 10 | 1819 | Conecuh and Monroe counties | William Butler (1759–1818), captain in Creek War | 23.7 |
18,382 |
776.83 sq mi (2,012 km2) | |
Calhoun County |
015 |
Anniston | 11 | 1832 | St. Clair County (as Benton County) | John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), 7th U.S. Vice President | 192.2 |
116,429 |
605.87 sq mi (1,569 km2) | |
Chambers County |
017 |
LaFayette | 12 | 1832 | Montgomery County | Henry H. Chambers (1790–1826), U.S. Senator | 57.1 |
34,079 |
596.53 sq mi (1,545 km2) | |
Cherokee County |
019 |
Centre | 13 | 1836 | Cherokee territory | Cherokee people, whose lands included Northeast Alabama | 46.4 |
25,666 |
553.70 sq mi (1,434 km2) | |
Chilton County |
021 |
Clanton | 14 | 1868 | Autauga, Bibb, Perry, and Shelby counties (as Baker County) | William Parish Chilton (1810–1871), Alabama Supreme Court Justice and Confederate congressman | 67.0 |
46,431 |
692.85 sq mi (1,794 km2) | |
Choctaw County |
023 |
Butler | 15 | 1847 | Sumter and Washington counties | Choctaw people, whose lands included Alabama | 13.4 |
12,252 |
913.50 sq mi (2,366 km2) | |
Clarke County |
025 |
Grove Hill | 16 | 1812 | Washington County | John Clarke (1766–1832), general from Georgia | 18.0 |
22,337 |
1,238.46 sq mi (3,208 km2) | |
Clay County |
027 |
Ashland | 17 | 1866 | Randolph and Talladega counties | Henry Clay (1777–1852), U.S. legislator from Kentucky | 23.4 |
14,111 |
603.96 sq mi (1,564 km2) | |
Cleburne County |
029 |
Heflin | 18 | 1866 | Calhoun, Randolph, and Talladega counties | Patrick Cleburne (1828–1864), Major General in Confederate States Army | 27.9 |
15,639 |
560.10 sq mi (1,451 km2) |
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Coffee County |
031 |
Elba and Enterprise[17] | 19 | 1841 | Dale County | John Coffee (1772–1833), military leader in War of 1812 and Creek War | 82.0 |
55,643 |
678.97 sq mi (1,759 km2) | |
Colbert County |
033 |
Tuscumbia | 20 | 1867 | Franklin County | George Colbert (1764–1839) and Levi Colbert (1759–1834), Chickasaw chiefs | 98.5 |
58,361 |
592.62 sq mi (1,535 km2) | |
Conecuh County |
035 |
Evergreen | 21 | 1818 | Monroe County | The Conecuh River, which flows through the county | 13.1 |
11,174 |
850.16 sq mi (2,202 km2) | |
Coosa County |
037 |
Rockford | 22 | 1832 | Montgomery County | The Coosa River, which flows through the county, and is itself named after a Native American village | 15.8 |
10,268 |
650.93 sq mi (1,686 km2) | |
Covington County |
039 |
Andalusia | 23 | 1821 | Henry County | Leonard Covington (1768–1813), Brigadier General in War of 1812 and U.S. Congressman | 36.8 |
37,952 |
1,030.46 sq mi (2,669 km2) | |
Crenshaw County |
041 |
Luverne | 24 | 1866 | Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes, and Pike Counties | Anderson Crenshaw (1783–1847), Alabama Supreme Court justice and early settler | 21.5 |
13,101 |
608.84 sq mi (1,577 km2) | |
Cullman County |
043 |
Cullman | 25 | 1877 | Blount, Morgan, and Winston counties | Colonel John G. Cullmann (1823–1895), founder of county seat | 125.2 |
92,016 |
734.84 sq mi (1,903 km2) | |
Dale County |
045 |
Ozark | 26 | 1824 | Covington and Henry counties | Samuel Dale (1772–1841), Brigadier General and state legislator | 88.9 |
49,871 |
561.15 sq mi (1,453 km2) | |
Dallas County |
047 |
Selma | 27 | 1818 | Monroe and Montgomery counties | Alexander James Dallas (1759–1817), U.S. Secretary of Treasury | 37.0 |
36,165 |
978.69 sq mi (2,535 km2) | |
DeKalb County |
049 |
Fort Payne | 28 | 1836 | Cherokee territory | Johann de Kalb (1721–1780), major general in American Revolutionary War | 93.4 |
72,569 |
777.09 sq mi (2,013 km2) | |
Elmore County |
051 |
Wetumpka | 29 | 1866 | Autauga, Coosa, Montgomery, and Tallapoosa counties | John Archer Elmore (1762–1834), Revolutionary War veteran | 146.2 |
90,441 |
618.48 sq mi (1,602 km2) | |
Escambia County |
053 |
Brewton | 30 | 1868 | Baldwin and Conecuh counties | Escambia Creek, a tributary of the Conecuh River | 38.7 |
36,558 |
945.08 sq mi (2,448 km2) | |
Etowah County |
055 |
Gadsden | 31 | 1866 | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall, and St. Clair counties (as Baine County) | Etowah Indian Mounds | 193.0 |
103,241 |
534.99 sq mi (1,386 km2) | |
Fayette County |
057 |
Fayette | 32 | 1824 | Marion, Pickens, Tuscaloosa, and Walker counties | Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (1757–1834), Revolutionary War commander | 25.4 |
15,967 |
627.66 sq mi (1,626 km2) | |
Franklin County |
059 |
Russellville | 33 | 1818 | Cherokee territory | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), politician, diplomat, inventor, and publisher | 50.2 |
31,802 |
633.82 sq mi (1,642 km2) | |
Geneva County |
061 |
Geneva | 34 | 1868 | Coffee, Dale, and Henry counties | Named after Geneva, New York, the origin of several early settlers | 47.0 |
26,988 |
574.41 sq mi (1,488 km2) | |
Greene County |
063 |
Eutaw | 35 | 1819 | Marengo and Tuscaloosa counties | Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), Revolutionary War general | 11.3 |
7,341 |
647.11 sq mi (1,676 km2) | |
Hale County |
065 |
Greensboro | 36 | 1867 | Greene, Marengo, Perry, and Tuscaloosa counties | Stephen F. Hale (1816–1862), lieutenant colonel in Confederate States Army | 23.1 |
14,888 |
643.94 sq mi (1,668 km2) | |
Henry County |
067 |
Abbeville | 37 | 1819 | Conecuh County | Patrick Henry (1736–1799), Revolutionary War patriot and Governor of Virginia | 31.9 |
17,899 |
561.75 sq mi (1,455 km2) | |
Houston County |
069 |
Dothan | 38 | 1903 | Dale, Geneva, and Henry counties | George S. Houston (1811–1879), 24th Governor of Alabama and U.S. Congressman | 187.1 |
108,462 |
579.82 sq mi (1,502 km2) | |
Jackson County |
071 |
Scottsboro | 39 | 1819 | Cherokee territory | Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), 7th U.S. President | 49.6 |
53,467 |
1,077.87 sq mi (2,792 km2) | |
Jefferson County |
073 |
Birmingham | 1 | 1819 | Blount County | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), 3rd U.S. President | 596.5 |
662,895 |
1,111.28 sq mi (2,878 km2) | |
Lamar County |
075 |
Vernon | 40 | 1867 | Fayette and Marion counties (as Jones County) | Lucius Q. C. Lamar (1825–1893), U.S. Supreme Court justice | 22.6 |
13,661 |
604.85 sq mi (1,567 km2) | |
Lauderdale County |
077 |
Florence | 41 | 1818 | Cherokee and Chickasaw territories | James Lauderdale (1780–1814), Colonel in War of 1812 | 145.0 |
96,814 |
667.70 sq mi (1,729 km2) | |
Lawrence County |
079 |
Moulton | 42 | 1818 | Cherokee territory | James Lawrence (1781–1813), naval officer in War of 1812 | 48.5 |
33,502 |
690.68 sq mi (1,789 km2) | |
Lee County |
081 |
Opelika | 43 | 1866 | Chambers, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties | Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), Commander of the Confederate States Army | 301.6 |
183,215 |
607.54 sq mi (1,574 km2) | |
Limestone County |
083 |
Athens | 44 | 1818 | Elk and Madison counties | Limestone Creek, named for local geological deposits | 204.8 |
114,654 |
559.94 sq mi (1,450 km2) | |
Lowndes County |
085 |
Hayneville | 45 | 1830 | Butler, Dallas, and Montgomery counties | William Lowndes (1782–1822), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina | 13.6 |
9,717 |
715.91 sq mi (1,854 km2) | |
Macon County |
087 |
Tuskegee | 46 | 1832 | Montgomery County | Nathaniel Macon (1758–1837), U.S. legislator from North Carolina | 30.2 |
18,370 |
608.89 sq mi (1,577 km2) | |
Madison County |
089 |
Huntsville | 47 | 1808 | Cherokee and Chickasaw territories | James Madison (1751–1836), 4th U.S. President | 514.7 |
412,600 |
801.59 sq mi (2,076 km2) | |
Marengo County |
091 |
Linden | 48 | 1818 | Choctaw territory | Battle of Marengo | 19.1 |
18,684 |
976.88 sq mi (2,530 km2) | |
Marion County |
093 |
Hamilton | 49 | 1818 | Tuscaloosa County | Francis Marion (1732–1795), military leader in American Revolutionary War | 39.4 |
29,244 |
742.29 sq mi (1,923 km2) | |
Marshall County |
095 |
Guntersville | 50 | 1836 | Blount and Jackson counties and Cherokee territory | John Marshall (1755–1835), Chief Justice of the United States 1801–1835 | 178.1 |
100,756 |
565.84 sq mi (1,466 km2) | |
Mobile County |
097 |
Mobile | 2 | 1812 | Mobile District of West Florida after annexation into Mississippi Territory | Mobile Bay, on which county is located, and which is itself named after the Maubila tribe of Native Americans | 334.8 |
411,640 |
1,229.44 sq mi (3,184 km2) | |
Monroe County |
099 |
Monroeville | 51 | 1815 | Creek territory | James Monroe (1758–1831), 5th U.S. President | 18.7 |
19,229 |
1,025.67 sq mi (2,656 km2) | |
Montgomery County |
101 |
Montgomery | 3 | 1816 | Monroe County | Lemuel P. Montgomery (1786–1814), Major in Creek War | 286.9 |
224,980 |
784.25 sq mi (2,031 km2) | |
Morgan County |
103 |
Decatur | 52 | 1818 | Cherokee territory (as Cotaco County) | Daniel Morgan (1736–1802), U.S. Congressman | 216.0 |
125,133 |
579.34 sq mi (1,500 km2) | |
Perry County |
105 |
Marion | 53 | 1819 | Cahawba, Dallas, Marengo, and Tuscaloosa counties | Oliver Hazard Perry (1795–1819), naval officer in War of 1812 | 10.8 |
7,738 |
719.66 sq mi (1,864 km2) | |
Pickens County |
107 |
Carrollton | 54 | 1820 | Tuscaloosa County | Andrew Pickens (1739–1817), General in the Revolutionary War | 21.2 |
18,688 |
881.41 sq mi (2,283 km2) | |
Pike County |
109 |
Troy | 55 | 1821 | Henry and Montgomery counties | Zebulon Pike (1779–1813), explorer and officer in War of 1812 | 49.3 |
33,137 |
672.09 sq mi (1,741 km2) | |
Randolph County |
111 |
Wedowee | 56 | 1832 | St. Clair and Shelby counties | John Randolph (1773–1833), U.S. Senator from Virginia | 39.2 |
22,786 |
580.55 sq mi (1,504 km2) | |
Russell County |
113 |
Phenix City | 57 | 1832 | Barbour, Bullock, Lee and Macon counties | Gilbert C. Russell (1782–1861), officer in Creek War | 91.6 |
58,744 |
641.14 sq mi (1,661 km2) | |
St. Clair County |
115 |
Ashville and Pell City | 59 | 1818 | Shelby County | Arthur St. Clair (1736–1818), President of Continental Congress | 151.2 |
95,552 |
631.90 sq mi (1,637 km2) | |
Shelby County |
117 |
Columbiana | 58 | 1818 | Montgomery County | Isaac Shelby (1750–1826), Governor of Kentucky | 296.8 |
233,000 |
784.93 sq mi (2,033 km2) | |
Sumter County |
119 |
Livingston | 60 | 1832 | Choctaw territory | Thomas Sumter (1734–1832), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina | 13.0 |
11,727 |
903.89 sq mi (2,341 km2) | |
Talladega County |
121 |
Talladega | 61 | 1832 | St. Clair and Shelby counties | Talatigi, Creek Indian name for the county seat, meaning "border town" | 110.1 |
81,132 |
736.78 sq mi (1,908 km2) | |
Tallapoosa County |
123 |
Dadeville | 62 | 1832 | Montgomery and Shelby counties | Tallapoosa River | 56.8 |
40,677 |
716.52 sq mi (1,856 km2) | |
Tuscaloosa County |
125 |
Tuscaloosa | 63 | 1818 | Montgomery County and Choctaw territory | Iroquoian name for the Black Warrior River | 179.6 |
237,373 |
1,321.75 sq mi (3,423 km2) | |
Walker County |
127 |
Jasper | 64 | 1823 | Blount, Jefferson, and Tuscaloosa counties | John Williams Walker (1783–1823), U.S. Senator from Alabama | 81.8 |
64,728 |
791.19 sq mi (2,049 km2) | |
Washington County |
129 |
Chatom | 65 | 1800 | Adams and Pickering counties of Mississippi Territory | George Washington (1732–1799), 1st U.S. President | 13.9 |
15,022 |
1,080.21 sq mi (2,798 km2) | |
Wilcox County |
131 |
Camden | 66 | 1819 | Dallas and Monroe counties | Joseph M. Wilcox (1790–1814), lieutenant in Creek War | 11.2 |
9,944 |
888.50 sq mi (2,301 km2) | |
Winston County |
133 |
Double Springs | 67 | 1850 | Walker County (as Hancock County) | John A. Winston (1812–1871), 15th Governor of Alabama | 38.5 |
23,611 |
612.98 sq mi (1,588 km2) | |