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.

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.

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Twelve Mile Circle Articles Featuring Places in Alabama

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

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Counties in Alabama

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 Although infrequent, counties sometimes do change so please let me know if any of this information is out of date and I will update it.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

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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.