Alabama County Creation Dates and Parent Counties
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| Name of County | Date Formed | Boundary Changes |
Parent County | Counties Created by Boundary Changes |
| Autauga | 1818 Nov 21 | Details | Montgomery | Chilton 1868, Elmore 1866 |
| Baine | 1866 Dec 07 | Details | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall, St. Clair | renamed Etowah 1868 |
| Baker | 1868 Dec 30 | Details | Autauga, Bibb, Perry, Shelby | renamed Chilton 1874 |
| Baldwin | 1809 Dec 21 | Details | Washington, part of Florida | Escambia 1868, Washington 1800 |
| Barbour | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Bullock 1866, Russell 1832 |
| Benton | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | renamed Calhoun 1858 |
| Bibb | 1820 Dec 04 | Details | Monroe, Montgomery | Chilton 1820 |
| Blount | 1818 Feb 07 | Details | Cherokee Cession, Montgomery | Cullman 1877, Etoway 1868, Marshall 1836, Jefferson 1819 |
| Bullock | 1866 Dec 05 | Details | Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, Pike | none |
| Butler | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Conecuh, Montgomery | Crenshaw 1866, Lowndes 1830 |
| Calhoun | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Cleburne 1866, Etowah 1868 |
| Chambers | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Lee 1866 |
| Cherokee | 1836 Jan 09 | Details | Cherokee Cession | Etowah 1867 |
| Chilton | 1874 Dec 17 | Details | renamed from Baker | none |
| Choctaw | 1847 Dec 29 | Details | Sumter, Washington | none |
| Clarke | 1812 Dec 10 | Details | Washington | none |
| Clay | 1866 Dec 07 | Details | Randolph, Talladega | none |
| Cleburne | 1866 Dec 06 | Details | Calhou, Randolph, Talladega | none |
| Coffee | 1841 Dec 29 | Details | Dale | Crenshaw, 1866, Geneva 1868 |
| Colbert | 1867 Feb 6 | Details | Franklin | abolished 1867, restablished 1869 |
| Conecuh | 1818 Feb 13 | Details | Monroe | Butler 1819, Escambia 1868, Henry 1819 |
| Coosa | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Elmore 1866 |
| Cotaco | 1818 Feb 08 | Details | Cherokee Turkeytown Cession | renamed Morgan 1821 |
| Covington | 1821 Dec 18 | Details | Henry | Crenshaw 1866, Dale 1824 |
| Crenshaw | 1865 Nov 24 | Details | Butler, Covington, Coffee, Lowndes, Pike | none |
| Cullman | 1877 Jan 24 | Details | Blount, Morgan, Winston | none |
| Dale | 1824 Dec 22 | Details | Covington, henry | Coffee 1841, Geneva 1868, Houston 1903 |
| Dallas | 1818 Feb 09 | Details | Montgomery | Lowndes 1830, Wilcox 1819 |
| Decatur | 1821 Dec 17 | Details | Jackson | abolished 1824 |
| DeKalb | 1836 Jan 09 | Details | Cherokee cession | Etowah 1868 |
| Elmore | 1866 Feb 15 | Details | Autauga, Montgomery, Cosa, Tallapoosa | none |
| Escambia | 1868 dec 10 | Details | Baldwin, Conecuh | none |
| Etowah | 1868 Dec 07 | Details | renamed from Baine | none |
| Fayette | 1824 Dec 20 | Details | Marion, Pickens,Tuscaloosa | none |
| Franklin | 1818 Feb 04 | Details | Cherokee & Chickasaw Indian Cession | Colbert 1867. Courthouse destroyed 1 December 1891. |
| Geneva | 1868 Dec 26 | Details | Dale, Henry, Coffee | Houston 1903, Hale 1867 |
| Greene | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Marengo, Tuscaloosa, Pickens (1866) | Hale 1867 |
| Hale | 1867 Jan 30 | Details | Greene, Marengo, Perry, Tuscaloosa | none |
| Hancock | 1850 Feb 12 | Details | Walker | renamed Winston 1858 |
| Henry | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Conecuh | Covington 1821, Dale 1824, Geneva 1868, Hosuton 1903, Pike 1821 |
| Houston | 1903 Feb 09 | Details | Dale, Geneva, Henry | none |
| Jackson | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Cherokee Cession | Marshall 1836 |
| Jefferson | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Blount | none |
| Jones | 1867 Feb 04 | Details | Marion, Fayette, Pickens | abolished 1868 |
| Lamar | 1867 Feb 04 | Details | Jones | Created as Jones County out of parts of Marion and Fayette counties on 4 Febuary 1867, abolished 13 November 1867, then recreated as Sanford County on 8 October 1868, name changed to Lamar on 8 February 1877. |
| Lauderdale | 1818 Feb 06 | Details | Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession | none |
| Lawrence | 1818 Feb 04 | Details | Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession | none |
| Lee | 1866 Dec 15 | Details | Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa | none |
| Limestone | 1818 Feb 06 | Details | Cherokee & Chickasaw Cessions | none |
| Lowndes | 1830 Jan 20 | Details | Butler, Dallas, Montgomery | Crenshaw 1866 |
| Macon | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Bullock 1866, Lee 1866 |
| Madison | 1808 Dec 13 | Details | Cherokee Cession | none |
| Marengo | 1818 Feb 07 | Details | Choctaw Cession | Greene 1819, Hale 1867 |
| Marion | 1818 Feb 13 | Details | Tuscaloosa | Fayette 1824, Walker 1823 |
| Marshall | 1836 Jan 09 | Details | Blount, Jackson, Cherokee Cession | Etowah 1868, Jackson 1819 |
| Mobile | 1813 Aug 01 | Details | West Florida, Creek Cession | none |
| Monroe | 1815 Jun 05 | Details | Creek Cession | Bibb 1818, Montgomery 1816, Conecuh 1818, Wilcox 1819 |
| Montgomery | 1816 Dec 06 | Details | Monroe | Autauga 1818, Bibb 1818, Blount 1818, Bullock 1866, Butler 1819, Dallas 1818, Elmore 1866, Pike 1821, Shelby 1818, Lowndes 1830, Perry 1819 |
| Morgan | 1818 Feb 08 | Details | Cherokee Turkeytown Cession | Cullman 1877 |
| Perry | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Montgomery | Chilton 1868, Hale 1867 |
| Pickens | 1820 Dec 19 | Details | Tuscaloosa | Fayette 1824, Greene 1866 |
| Pike | 1821 Dec 17 | Details | Henry, Montgomery | Bullock 1866, Crenshaw 1866 |
| Russell | 1821 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession, barbour | Lee 1866 |
| Saint Clair | 1818 Nov 20 | CLAIR Details | Shelby | Etowah 1868 |
| Sanford | 1868 Oct 08 | Details | Jones | renamed Lamar |
| Shelby | 1818 Feb 07 | Details | Montgomery | Chilton 1868, Saint Clair 1818 |
| Sumter | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Choctaw Cession | Choctaw 1847 |
| Talladega | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Clay 1866, Cleburne 1866 |
| Tallapoosa | 1832 Dec 18 | Details | Creek Cession | Elmore 1866, Lee 1866, Walker 1823 |
| Tuscaloosa | 1818 Feb 07 | Details | Cherokee & Choctaw Cession | Fayette 1824, Greene 1819, Hale 1867, Marion 1818, Pickens 1820 |
| Walker | 1823 Dec 20 | Details | Marion, Tuscaloosa | Winston 1850 |
| Washington | 1800 Jun 04 | Details | Mississippi Territory, Baldwin | Baldwin 1809, Choctaw 1847, Clark 1812, Monroe 1815 |
| Wilcox | 1819 Dec 13 | Details | Monroe, Dallas | none |
| Winston | 1850 Feb 12 | Details | renamed from Hancock | Cullman 1877 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Alabama Atlas of Historical County Boundaries, John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor; Gordon DenBoer, Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director and Digital Compiler; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant. Copyright The Newberry Library 2008.