Alabama Counties Creation Dates

Autauga 1818Hale 1867
Baldwin 1809Henry 1819
Barbour 1832Houston 1903
Bibb 1820Jackson 1819
   (Formerly Cawhaba 1818)Jefferson 1819
Blount 1818Lamar 1877
Bullock 1866   (Formerly Sanford 1868)
Butler 1819Lauderdale 1818
Calhoun 1858Lawrence 1818
   (Formerly Benton 1832)Lee 1866
Chambers 1832Limestone 1818
Cherokee 1836Lowndes 1830
Chilton 1874Macon 1832
Choctaw 1847Madison 1808
Clarke 1812Marengo 1818
Clay 1866Marion 1818
Cleburne 1866Marshall 1836
Coffee 1841Mobile 1812
Colbert 1867Monroe 1815
   (Abolished in 1867 & reestablished in 1869)Montgomery 1816
Conecuh 1818Morgan 1821
Coosa 1832   (Formerly Cotaco 1818)
Covington 1821Perry 1819
   (Changed to Jones in 1868, then back to Covington in 1868)Pickens 1820
Crenshaw 1866Pike 1821
Cullman 1877Randolph 1832
Dale 1824Russell 1832
Dallas 1818Shelby 1818
DeKalb 1836St. Clair 1818
Elmore 1866Sumter 1832
Escambia 1868Talladega 1832
Etowah 1868Tallapoosa 1832
   (Formerly Baine 1866-1867)Tuscaloosa 1818
Fayette 1824Walker 1823
Franklin 1818Washington 1800
Geneva 1868Winston 1858
Greene 1819   (Formerly Hancock 1850)
Wilcox 1819



Updated: September 18, 2008
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