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Alabama
entered Statehood 14 Dec 1819 as the 22nd State

Alabama seceded from the U.S. on 11 Jan 1861. It was the 4th of 11 states that joined the Confederate States of America. CSA, also known as the Confederacy, was the government formed by the southern states that seceded from the United States during the period of the American Civil War.
Alabama

Alabama Counties
by: Timeline | Alphabetical | State Facts | Early Maps

Alabama Counties Year Formed From -
1800-1819    
Washington 1800 Mississippi Territory
Madison 1808 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession of 1806/07
Baldwin 1809 Washington & portion of Florida
Autauga 1811 Montgomery
Clarke 1812 Washington
Mobile 1812 West Florida
Monroe 1815 Creek Cession of 1814 & Washington County
Montgomery 1816 Monroe
Elk 1817 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cessions of 1806 & 1816. Name changed to Limestone
Blount 1818 Cherokee Cession 1835 & Montgomery County
Cahawba 1818 Monroe & Montgomery
Conecuh 1818 Monroe
Cotaco 1818 Cherokee Turkeytown Cession. name changed to Morgan 1821
Dallas 1818 Montgomery
Franklin 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession of 1816
Lauderdale 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession in 1816
Lawrence 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession in 1816
Limestone 1818 Originally named Elk
Marengo 1818 Choctaw Cession of 1816
Marion 1818 Tuscaloosa
Saint Clair 1818 Shelby
Shelby 1818 Montgomery
Tuscaloosa 1818 Cherokee & Choctaw Cession of 1816
Butler 1819 Conecuh & Monroe
Greene 1819 Marengo & Tuscaloosa
Henry 1819 Conecuh
Jackson 1819 Cherokee Cession of 1816
Jefferson 1819 Blount
Perry 1819 Montgomery and/or Tuscaloosa
Wilco 1819 Monroe & Dallas
1820-1829    
Bibb 1820 Catawba
Pickens 1820 Montgomery and/or Tuscaloosa
Covington 1821 Henry
Morgan 1821 Cherokee Turkeytown Cession. Name changed from Cotaco
Pike 1821 Henry & Montgomery
Walker 1823 Marion & Tuscaloosa
Dale 1824 Covington & Henry
Fayette 1824 Marion, Pickens, & Tuscaloosa
1830-1839    
Lowndes 1830 Butler, Dallas, & Montgomery Counties
Barbour 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Benton 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
- named changed 1858 to Calhoun
Chambers 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Coosa 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Macon 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Randolph 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Russell 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Sumter 1832 Choctaw Cession 1830
Talladega 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Tallapoosa 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Cherokee 1836 Cherokee Cession 1835
DeKalb 1836 Cherokee Cession 1835
Marshall 1836 Blount County & Cherokee Cession of 1835
1840-1849    
Coffee 1841 Dale
Choctaw 1847 Sumter & Washington
1850-1859    
Hancock 1850 Walker - Named changed to Winston 1858
Calhoun 1858 renamed from Benton County 1858
Winston 1858 Name changed from Hancock
1860-1869    
Baine 1866 DeKalb, Marshall, Blount, Saint Clair, Calhoun, & Cherokee - extinguished 03 Dec 1867 - re-organized 01 Dec 1868 as Etowah County
Clay 1866 Randolph & Talladega
Cleburne 1866 Calhoun, Randolph, & Talladega
Crenshaw 1866 Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes & Pike
Elmore 1866 Autauga, Coosa & Montgomery.
Tallapoosa gave up land to Elmore 1867
Lee 1866 Chambers, Macon, Russell, & Tallapoosa
Colbert 1867 Franklin - abolished 1867 reorganized 1869
Hale 1867 Greene, Marengo, Perry, & Tuscaloosa
Jones 1867 Marion, Fayette, & Pickens. Abolished 1867, land returned to parent counties. Reorganized 1868 as Sanford - Renamed Lamar 1877
Baker 1868 Autauga, Bibb, Perry, & Shelby - named changed to Chilton 1874
Escambia 1868 Baldwin & Conecuh
Etowah 1868 originally Blaine 1866, abolished 1867, reorganized 1868
Geneva 1868 Dale, Henry & Coffee
Sanford 1868 Marion, Fayette, & Pickens - name changed to Lamar 1877
1870-1879    
Chilton 1874 name changed from Baker to Chilton
Cullman 1877 Blount, Morgan & Winston
Lamar 1877 Sanford
aft 1880    
Houston 1903 Dale, Geneva & Henry
     

Alabama Counties - Alphabetical

Alabama Counties Year Formed From -
Autauga 1811 Montgomery
Baine 1866 DeKalb, Marshall, Blount, Saint Clair, Calhoun, & Cherokee - extinguished 03 Dec 1867 - re-organized 01 Dec 1868 as Etowah County
Baker 1868 Autauga, Bibb, Perry, & Shelby - named changed to Chilton 1874
Baldwin 1809 Washington & portion of Florida
Barbour 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Benton 1832 Creek Cession of 1832 - named changed 1858 to Calhoun
Bibb 1820 Catawba
Blount 1818 Cherokee Cession 1835 & Montgomery County
Bullock 1866 Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, & Pike
Butler 1819 Conecuh & Monroe
Cahawba 1818 Monroe & Montgomery
Calhoun 1858 renamed from Benton County 1858
Chambers 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Cherokee 1836 Cherokee Cession 1835
Chilton 1874 name changed from Baker to Chilton
Choctaw 1847 Sumter & Washington
Clarke 1812 Washington
Clay 1866 Randolph & Talladega
Cleburne 1866 Calhoun, Randolph, & Talladega
Coffee 1841 Dale
Colbert 1867 Franklin - abolished 1867 reorganized 1869
Conecuh 1818 Monroe
Coosa 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Cotaco 1818 Cherokee Turkeytown Cession. name changed to Morgan 1821
Covington 1821 Henry
Crenshaw 1866 Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes & Pike
Cullman 1877 Blount, Morgan & Winston
Dale 1824 Covington & Henry
Dallas 1818 Montgomery
DeKalb 1836 Cherokee Cession of 1835
Elk 1817 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cessions of 1806 & 1816. Name changed to Limestone
Elmore 1866 Autauga, Coosa & Montgomery. Tallapoosa gave up land to Elmore 1867
Escambia 1868 Baldwin & Conecuh
Etowah 1868 originally Blaine 1866, abolished 1867, reorganized 1868
Fayette 1824 Marion, Pickens, & Tuscaloosa
Franklin 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession of 1816
Geneva 1868 Dale, Henry, & Coffee
Greene 1819 Marengo & Tuscaloosa
Hale 1867 Greene, Marengo, Perry, & Tuscaloosa
Hancock 1850 Walker - Named changed to Winston 1858
Henry 1819 Conecuh
Houston 1903 Dale, Geneva, & Henry
Jackson 1819 Cherokee Cession of 1816
Jefferson 1819 Blount
Jones 1867 Marion, Fayette, & Pickens. Abolished 1867, land returned to parent counties. Reorganized 1868 as Sanford - Renamed Lamar 1877
Lamar 1877 Sanford
Lauderdale 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession in 1816
Lawrence 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession in 1816
Lee 1866 Chambers, Macon, Russell, & Tallapoosa
Limestone 1818 Originally named Elk
Lowndes 1830 Butler, Dallas, & Montgomery Counties
Macon 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Madison 1808 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession of 1806/07
Marengo 1818 Choctaw Cession of 1816
Marion 1818 Tuscaloosa
Marshall 1836 Blount County & Cherokee Cession of 1835
Mobile 1812 West Florida
Monroe 1815 Creek Cession of 1814 & Washington County
Montgomery 1816 Monroe
Morgan 1821 Cherokee Turkeytown Cession. Name changed from Cotaco
Perry 1819 Montgomery and/or Tuscaloosa
Pickens 1820 Montgomery and/or Tuscaloosa
Pike 1821 Henry & Montgomery
Randolph 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Russell 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Saint Clair 1818 Shelby
Sanford 1868 Marion, Fayette, & Pickens - name changed to Lamar 1877
Shelby 1818 Montgomery
Sumter 1832 Choctaw Cession 1830
Talladega 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Tallapoosa 1832 Creek Cession of 1832
Tuscaloosa 1818 Cherokee & Choctaw Cession of 1816
Walker 1823 Marion & Tuscaloosa
Washington 1800 Mississippi Territory
Wilco 1819 Monroe & Dallas
Winston 1858 Name changed from Hancock

Alabama Facts

  • Capital: Montgomery
  • Entered the Union: 14 Dec 1819
  • As the 22nd state
  • Nickname: The Heart of Dixie, The Cotton State, The Yellowhammer State
  • Flower: Camellia
  • Bird: Yellowhammer
  • Song: "Alabama"
  • Origin of Name: May come from Choctaw word
    meaning "thicket-clearers" or "vegetation-gatherers"
  • Historical Sites:
    • Montgomery, founding site of the Confederate States of America in 1861
      and later the site of the Montgomery bus boycotts in the 1950s and 1960s
    • Deter Avenue Baptist Church in downtown Montgomery,
      where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., served as minister
    • the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881
  • Points of Interest:
    • Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller in Tuscambia
    • the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville
    • the White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery
  • Bordering States:
    • Florida
    • Georgia
    • Mississippi
    • Tennessee

States Where My Ancestors Were Found

Alabama | Arkansas | Georgia | Louisiana | Maryland | Mississippi
North Carolina | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas |Virginia

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