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Alabama
Alabama /ˌæləˈbæmə/ (help·info) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks...
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Alabama River
The Alabama River, in the U.S. state of Alabama, is formed by the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivers, which unite about six miles above Montgomery.
The river flows west to Selma, then southwest until, about 45 miles (72 km) from Mobile, it unites with the...
Mobile
Mobile (pronounced /moʊˈbiːl/ moe-BEEL) is the third most populous city in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population...
Area:
- 412.8441 km² (159.4 mi² )
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Montgomery
Montgomery (pronounced /məntˈɡʌməriː/) is the capital, second most populous city, and the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U.S. state of Alabama, and is the county seat of Montgomery County. It is located southeast of the...
Area:
- 404.53024 km² (156.19 mi² )
Time zone(s):
Clay County
Clay County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Henry Clay, famous American statesman, member of the United States Senate from Kentucky and United States Secretary of State in the 19th century. As of 2000 the population...
Area:
- 1,569.53279 km² (606 mi² )
Montgomery County
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the most populous county in the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area; its population in 2000 was 223,510.
Montgomery County was established on December 6, 1816. It is named for...
Area:
- 2,071.99049 km² (800 mi² )
Autauga County
Autauga County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2000 census the population was 43,671. The 2008 population estimate is 50,364. Its county seat is Prattville.
Autauga County is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Area:
- 1,564.35282 km² (604 mi² )
Baldwin County
Baldwin County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Abraham Baldwin, a member of the United States Senate who never actually lived in what would become Alabama. As of 2000 the population is 140,415 . The estimated 2006...
Area:
- 5,249.9059 km² (2027 mi² )
Barbour County
Barbour County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of James Barbour, who served as Governor of Virginia. As of 2000 the population was 29,038. The 2006 population estimate was 28,171. Its county seat is Clayton....
Area:
- 2,343.93924 km² (905 mi² )
Bibb County
Bibb County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William W. Bibb, the first Governor of Alabama. As of 2000 the population was 20,826. Its county seat is Centreville,, and it is a "prohibition" or dry county.
Cabela...
Area:
- 1,621.33256 km² (626 mi² )
Blount County
Blount County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 51,024. In 2006, the Bureau of the Census estimated Blount County's population has risen to approximately 56,436. Its county seat...
Area:
- 1,686.08226 km² (651 mi² )
Bullock County
Bullock County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel Edward C. Bullock of Barbour County. Living descendants of Colonel Bullock include prominent American cinema film actress, Sandra Bullock. As of 2000...
Area:
- 1,621.33256 km² (626 mi² )
Butler County
Butler County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Captain William Butler, who was born in Virginia and fought in the Creek War, and who was killed in May 1818. As of 2000 the population was 21,399. Its county seat is...
Area:
- 2,015.01075 km² (778 mi² )
Calhoun County
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of John C. Calhoun, famous member of the United States Senate from South Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 112,249. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford...
Area:
- 1,585.07272 km² (612 mi² )
Chambers County
Chambers County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Henry H. Chambers, who served as a Senator from Alabama. As of 2000 the population was 36,583. Its county seat is Lafayette. Chambers County is included in the Valley,...
Area:
- 1,561.76283 km² (603 mi² )
Chilton County
Chilton County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama known for its peaches. Its name is in honor of William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810-1871), a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and later represented Montgomery County in...
Area:
- 1,815.58167 km² (701 mi² )
Choctaw County
Choctaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named for the Choctaw tribe of American Indians, though most of those which resided here were removed to Oklahoma. As of 2000 the population was 15,922. Its county seat is Butler.
In...
Area:
- 2,385.37905 km² (921 mi² )
Clarke County
Clarke County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. The county was created by the legislature of the Mississippi Territory in 1812. It is named in honor of General John Clarke of Georgia, who was later elected governor of that state. As of 2000,...
Area:
- 3,245.2551 km² (1253 mi² )
Cherokee County
Cherokee County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named for the Cherokee tribe. As of 2000 the population was 23,988. Its county seat is Centre and it is a prohibition or dry county.
Cherokee County was established on January...
Area:
- 1,553.99287 km² (600 mi² )
Etowah County
Etowah County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is from the Cherokee language, which means "edible tree." It is the center of the 'Gadsden, AL, Metropolitan Statistical Area' which includes Etowah and Cherokee Counties. As of 2000...
Area:
- 1,421.90347 km² (549 mi² )
Winston County
Winston County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, formerly known as Hancock County before 1858. Its name is in honor of John A. Winston, the 15th Governor of Alabama. As of 2006 census estimates, the population was 24,634. Its county seat is...
Area:
- 1,636.87249 km² (632 mi² )
Morgan County
Morgan County is the most populous county in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the second most populous county in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Its name is in honor of General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. As of 2008 the population...
Area:
- 1,551.40288 km² (599 mi² )
Colbert County
Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of brothers George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Indian chiefs. George Colbert operated a ferry across the Tennessee River in 1790 near present day Cherokee .
The county...
Area:
- 1,616.15258 km² (624 mi² )
Coffee County
Coffee County is part of the Enterprise–Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The land in Coffee County was originally part of Dale County, which was incorporated in 1824. Coffee County was formed from the western part of Dale County in 1841. It was...
Area:
- 1,761.19192 km² (680 mi² )
Cleburne County
Cleburne County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Major General Patrick Cleburne, of Arkansas. As of 2000 the population was 14,123. Its county seat is Heflin.
Cleburne County was established on December 6, 1866, by...
Area:
- 1,452.98333 km² (561 mi² )
Conecuh County
Conecuh County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is believed to be derived from a Creek Indian term meaning "land of cane." As of 2000 the population was 14,089. Its county seat is Evergreen, Alabama.
According to the U.S. Census...
Area:
- 2,209.25986 km² (853 mi² )
Coosa County
Coosa County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name derives from a town of the Creek tribe. As of 2000 the population was 12,202, but since that time it has lost the most population by percentage of any Alabama county. Its county seat is...
Area:
- 1,724.93208 km² (666 mi² )
Covington County
Covington County, Alabama, is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Brigadier General Leonard Covington of Maryland. As of 2000 the population was 37,631. Its county seat is Andalusia.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau,...
Area:
- 2,703.94759 km² (1044 mi² )
Crenshaw County
Crenshaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a judge, Anderson Crenshaw. As of 2000 the population was 13,665. Its county seat is Luverne.
Crenshaw County was established on November 30, 1866.
According to the U...
Area:
- 1,582.48274 km² (611 mi² )
Cullman County
Cullman County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel John G. Cullmann. As of 2000, the population was 77,483. Its county seat is the town of the same name, Cullman, Alabama. It is a "prohibition county," or dry...
Area:
- 1,955.44102 km² (755 mi² )
Dallas County
Dallas County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas. Its county seat is Selma.
Dallas County was created by the Alabama territorial legislature on February 9,...
Area:
- 2,571.85819 km² (993 mi² )
Dale County
Dale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General Samuel Dale. As of the 2000 census the population was 49,129. Its county seat and largest city is Ozark.
Dale County is part of the Enterprise–Ozark Micropolitan...
Area:
- 1,458.16331 km² (563 mi² )
DeKalb County
DeKalb County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Major General Baron Johan DeKalb. As of 2000 its population was 64,452. Its county seat is Fort Payne.
DeKalb County was created by the Alabama legislature on January 9,...
Area:
- 2,017.60074 km² (779 mi² )
Elmore County
Elmore County is a county of the State of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General John A. Elmore. As of 2000 its population was 65,874. Its county seat is Wetumpka.
This county is part of the Montgomery Metropolitan Area.
It was established on...
Area:
- 1,701.62219 km² (657 mi² )
Decatur County
Decatur County, Alabama is a former county of the state of Alabama, United States. Its name is in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur of the United States Navy. Its county seat was Woodville.
Decatur County was established on December 7, 1821. In...
Escambia County
Escambia County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2000, the population was 38,440. Its county seat is Brewton.
The name "Escambia" may be derived from the Creek name "Shambia", meaning "clearwater", or the Choctaw word for "cane-brake"...
Area:
- 2,468.25867 km² (953 mi² )
Fayette County
Fayette County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette (or de la Fayette), who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War. As of 2000 the population was 18,495. Its county...
Area:
- 1,629.10252 km² (629 mi² )
Franklin County
Franklin County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, famous statesman, scientist, and printer. As of the 2006 census estimates, the population was 30,847. Its county seat is Russellville and it is a...
Area:
- 1,675.72231 km² (647 mi² )
Geneva County
Geneva County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2000 the population was 25,764. Its county seat is Geneva. Geneva County is a prohibition or dry county.
The county was named after its county seat, which in turn was named after Geneva,...
Area:
- 1,499.60312 km² (579 mi² )
Greene County
Greene County is the least populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. As of 2000 the population was 9,974. Its county seat is Eutaw.
Greene County is part of the...
Area:
- 1,709.39215 km² (660 mi² )
Hale County
Hale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Confederate Colonel Stephen F. Hale. As of 2000 the population was 17,185. Its county seat is Greensboro and it is part of the Tuscaloosa Metropolitan Statistical Area....
Area:
- 1,699.0322 km² (656 mi² )
Jackson County
Jackson County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. Its name is in honor of Andrew Jackson, general in the United States Army and President of the United States of America. As of 2000, the...
Area:
- 2,918.9166 km² (1127 mi² )
Jefferson County
Jefferson County is the most densely populated county in the U.S. state of Alabama, the county seat being Birmingham. As of 2000 U.S. Census, the population of Jefferson County was 662,047. Jefferson County is the most populous and principal county...
Area:
- 2,911.14664 km² (1124 mi² )
Lamar County
Lamar County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, member of the United States Senate from Mississippi. As of 2000 the population was 15,904. Its county seat is Vernon and it's a...
Area:
- 1,566.94281 km² (605 mi² )
Henry County
Henry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Patrick Henry, famous orator and Governor of Virginia. As of 2000, its population was 16,310. Its county seat is Abbeville.
Henry County is part of the Dothan, Alabama,...
Area:
- 1,471.11325 km² (568 mi² )
Houston County
Houston County is a county of the State of Alabama. As of 2007 the population was 97,171. Its county seat is Dothan.
Houston County is part of the Dothan Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Houston County was established on February 9, 1903, from parts...
Area:
- 1,507.37308 km² (582 mi² )
Lauderdale County
Lauderdale County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Colonel James Lauderdale, of Tennessee. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". As of 2006 the population was...
Area:
- 1,862.20145 km² (719 mi² )
Lawrence County
Lawrence County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as well as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Its name is in honor of James Lawrence, a captain in the United States Navy from...
Area:
- 1,859.61146 km² (718 mi² )
Lee County
Lee County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of Robert E. Lee, commanding general of the Confederate Army. As of 2007 the population was 130,516. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Auburn, Alabama Metropolitan Area. The...
Area:
- 1,595.43268 km² (616 mi² )
Limestone County
Limestone County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.
It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Metro Area. Its name comes from Limestone Creek, a local stream. In 2000, the...
Area:
- 1,572.12278 km² (607 mi² )
Lowndes County
Lowndes County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Congress from South Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 13,473. Its county seat is Hayneville.
Lowndes County is part...
Area:
- 1,877.74138 km² (725 mi² )
Macon County
Macon County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Nathaniel Macon, a member of the United States Senate from North Carolina. As of 2000 the population was 24,105. Its county seat is Tuskegee. It was the setting of the...
Area:
- 1,579.89275 km² (610 mi² )
Madison County
Madison County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is a major part of the Huntsville Metropolitan Area.
It is also included in the merged Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. The county is named in honor of James Madison, fourth...
Area:
- 2,105.66033 km² (813 mi² )
Marengo County
Marengo County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is named in honor of a battlefield near Turin, Italy, where the French defeated the Austrians on June 14, 1800. As of 2000 the population was 22,539. The county seat is Linden.
Marengo...
Area:
- 2,545.95831 km² (983 mi² )
Marion County
Marion County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Francis Marion of South Carolina, general in the American Revolutionary War. As of 2000 the population was 31,214. Its county seat is Hamilton.
Marion County was...
Area:
- 1,926.95115 km² (744 mi² )
Marshall County
Marshall County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Its name is in honor of John Marshall, famous Chief Justice of the United States. As of 2000 the population was 82,231....
Area:
- 1,613.56259 km² (623 mi² )
Mobile County
Mobile County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of a tribe of Indians, the Maubila tribe (see Mobilian). As of 2008, its population was 406,309. Its county seat is Mobile, Alabama. The entire county is included in the...
Area:
- 4,257.94045 km² (1644 mi² )
Monroe County
Monroe County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of James Monroe, fifth President of the United States. As of 2000, the population was 24,324. Its county seat is Monroeville.
Monroe County was established on June 29, 1815...
Area:
- 2,680.63769 km² (1035 mi² )
Perry County
Perry County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was established in 1819, and is named in honor of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry of Rhode Island and the United States Navy. As of 2000 the population was 11,861. Its county seat is Marion....
Area:
- 1,875.15139 km² (724 mi² )
Pickens County
Pickens County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of 2000, the population was 20,949. Its county seat is Carrollton, and it is a prohibition, or dry county.
Pickens County was established on December 20, 1820, and named for revolutionary...
Area:
- 2,305.08942 km² (890 mi² )
Pike County
Pike County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, an explorer who led an expedition to southern Colorado and discovered Pikes Peak in 1806. As of 2000 the population was 29,605. Its...
Area:
- 1,740.47201 km² (672 mi² )
