Counties in Alabama that I have Visited

There are 67 Counties in Alabama – “The Heart of Dixie

Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states.

Alabama Counties Visited

I have visited 27 Counties = 40.3% of Counties in Alabama

Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank.  Map created using Mob Rule.


Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Alabama

Markers designate the Alabama locations featured in Twelve Mile Circle articles.


Counties in Alabama

Museum of Wonder in Seale, Alabama. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Museum of Wonder in Seale

Below are the 67 counties in Alabama. Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it. Those counties that I have visited are highlighted in Red. Readers can also link to any articles manually in this section if the map isn’t working.

  1. Autauga
  2. Baldwin: Largest county in Alabama (1,596 square miles).
  3. Barbour: Tree That Owns Itself; Leroy Brown (fish); Yoholo Micco Trail
  4. Bibb
  5. Blount: Town of County Line
  6. Bullock: Three Notch
  7. Butler
  8. Calhoun: Piedmont
  9. Chambers
  10. Cherokee
  11. Chilton
  12. Choctaw
  13. Clarke
  14. Clay
  15. Cleburne
  16. Coffee
  17. Colbert
  18. Conecuh
  19. Coosa
  20. Covington
  21. Crenshaw
  22. Cullman
  23. Dale
  24. Dallas: Cahaba
  25. De Kalb
  26. Elmore
  27. Escambia: Adjacent Counties, Same Name, Different States
  28. Etowah: Smallest county in Alabama (535 square miles).
  29. Fayette
  30. Franklin
  31. Geneva
  32. Greene: Smallest county population in Alabama (9,974 people in 2000 Census); Hard Bargain Cemetery
  33. Hale
  34. Henry
  35. Houston: Smallest City Block; Giant Peanut
  36. Jackson: Chicken Foot Ridge
  37. Jefferson: Largest county population in Alabama (662,047 people in 2000 Census); Pre-Nazi Swastikas; Town of County Line
  38. Lamar
  39. Lauderdale
  40. Lawrence
  41. Lee
  42. Limestone
  43. Lowndes
  44. Macon
  45. Madison: Alabama Constitution Village; Disk Drive; Meridianville
  46. Marengo
  47. Marion
  48. Marshall
  49. Mobile
  50. Monroe
  51. Montgomery: Montgomery Biscuits; Alabama Capitol Building
  52. Morgan
  53. Perry
  54. Pickens
  55. Pike
  56. Randolph
  57. Russell: RiverWalk; Museum of Wonder – Drive Thru
  58. Saint Clair
  59. Shelby
  60. Sumter
  61. Talladega: Sweet Home Alabama
  62. Tallapoosa
  63. Tuscaloosa: Historic Capitol Park
  64. Walker
  65. Washington: St. Stephens
  66. Wilcox
  67. Winston: The Free State of Winston

Quick Facts About Alabama

  • Location: East South Central United States. See map above.
  • Size(1): 50,645 square miles. Alabama is the 28th largest state. The next larger state is Arkansas and the next smaller state is North Carolina.
  • Population(2): 4,887,871 people. Alabama is the 24th most populous state. The next more populous state is South Carolina and the next less populous state is Louisiana.
  • Population Density: 96.5 people per square mile. Alabama is the 27th most densely populated state. The next more densely populated state is Wisconsin and the next less densely populated state is Missouri.
  • Bordering States: Alabama shares a border with 4 states: Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Georgia.
  • Admission to the Union: December 14, 1819. Alabama was the 22nd state admitted to the Union, after Illinois and before Maine.
  • Capital: Montgomery.
  • Highest Point: 2,404 feet at Cheaha Mountain. See SummitPost’s Cheaha Mountain page.
  • Lowest Point: Sea Level at the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Government website: alabama.gov: The Official Website of the State of Alabama.
  • Official Tourism website: Alabama Travel.
  • Still not enough? See Wikipedia’s Alabama page.

Sources:

(1) Wikipedia: List of U.S. states and territories by area. Land area only.
(2) Wikipedia: List of states and territories of the United States by population. Estimated population on July 1, 2019.


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