Alabama - County Formations

County Date Formed Parent County County Seat
AUTAUGA 21 Nov 1818 Montgomery PRATTVILLE
BALDWIN 21 Dec 1809 Washington, Florida BAY MINETTE
BARBOUR 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation, Pike CLAYTON
BIBB 7 Feb 1818 Originally Cahawba CENTREVILLE
BLOUNT 6 Feb 1818 Creek Nation ONEONTA
BULLOCK 5 Dec 1866 Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, Pike UNION SPRINGS
BUTLER 13 Dec 1819 Monroe, Conecuh GREENVILLE
CALHOUN 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation, originally Benton ANNISTON
CHAMBERS 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation LAFAYETTE
CHEROKEE 9 Jan 1836 Cherokee Nation CENTRE
CHILTON 30 Dec 1868 Autauga, Bibb, Perry, Shelby CLANTON
CHOCTAW 29 Dec 1847 Sumter, Washington BUTLER
CLARKE 10 Dec 1812 Mississippi Territory GROVE HILL
CLAY 7 Dec 1866 Randolph, Talladega ASHLAND
CLEBURNE 6 Dec 1866 Calhoun, Randolph, Talladega HEFLIN
COFFEE 29 Dec 1841 Dale ELBA
COLBERT 6 Feb 1867 Franklin TUSCUMBIA
CONECUH 13 Feb 1818 Monroe EVERGREEN
COOSA 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation ROCKFORD
COVINGTON 17 Dec 1821 briefly renamed Jones ANDALUSIA
CRENSHAW 30 Nov 1866 Butler, Coffee, Covington, Pike, Lowndes LUVERNE
CULLMAN 24 Jan 1877 Blount, Morgan, Winston CULLMAN
DALE 22 Dec 1824 Covington, Henry OZARK
DALLAS 9 Aug 1814 Creek Nation SELMA
DE KALB 9 Jan 1836 Cherokee Nation FORT PAYNE
ELMORE 15 Feb 1866 Autauga, Coosa, Montgomery, Tallapoosa WETUMPKA
ESCAMBIA 10 Dec 1868 Baldwin, Conecuh BREWTON
ETOWAH 7 Dec 1866 originally Baine GADSDEN
FAYETTE 20 Dec 1824 Tuscaloosa, Marion FAYETTE
FRANKLIN 6 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations RUSSELLVILLE
GENEVA 26 Dec 1868 Dale, Henry, Coffee GENEVA
GREENE 13 Dec 1819 Marengo, Tuscaloosa EUTAW
HALE 30 Jan 1867 Greene, Marengo, Perry, Tuscaloosa GREENSBORO
HENRY 13 Dec 1819 Conecuh ABBEVILLE
HOUSTON 09 Feb 1903 Dale, Geneva, Henry DOTHAN
JACKSON 13 Dec 1819 Cherokee Nation SCOTTSBORO
JEFFERSON 13 Dec 1819 Blount BIRMINGHAM
LAMAR 04 Feb 1867 Marion, Fayette, Pickens VERNON
LAUDERDALE 06 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations FLORENCE
LAWRENCE 06 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations MOULTON
LEE 05 Dec 1866 Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa OPELIKA
LIMESTONE 06 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations ATHENS
LOWNDES 20 Jan 1830 Butler, Dallas, Montgomery HAYNEVILLE
MACON 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation TUSKEGEE
MADISON 13 Dec 1808 Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations HUNTSVILLE
MARENGO 06 Feb 1818 Choctaw Nation LINDEN
MARION 13 Feb 1818 Tuscaloosa HAMILTON
MARSHALL 09 Jan 1836 Blount, Jackson, Cherokee Nation GUNTERSVILLE
MOBILE 01 Aug 1813 West Florida MOBILE
MONROE 29 Jun 1815 Creek Nation Washington MONROEVILLE
MONTGOMERY 06 Dec 1816 Monroe MONTGOMERY
MORGAN 06 Feb 1818 Cherokee Nation DECATUR
PERRY 13 Dec 1819 Montgomery MARION
PICKENS 19 Dec 1819 Tuscaloosa CARROLLTON
PIKE 07 Dec 1821 Henry, Montgomery TROY
RANDOLPH 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation WEDOWEE
RUSSELL 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation PHENIX CITY
SAINT CLAIR 20 Nov 1818 Shelby PELL CITY
SHELBY 07 Feb 1818 Montgomery COLUMBIANA
SUMTER 18 Dec 1832 Choctaw Nation LIVINGSTON
TALLADEGA 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation TALLADEGA
TALLAPOOSA 18 Dec 1832 Creek Nation DADEVILLE
TUSCALOOSA 07 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Choctaw Nations TUSCALOOSA
WALKER 20 Dec 1824 Marion, Tuscaloosa JASPER
WASHINGTON 04 Jun 1800 Mississippi Territory CHATOM
WILCOX 13 Dec 1819 Monroe, Dallas CAMDEN
WINSTON 12 Feb 1850 Walker DOUBLE SPRINGS



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