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Name of County Date of Creation Parent County Progeny County and Date
Autauga 21 Nov 1818 Montgomery Chilton 1868, Elmore 1866
Baine 07 Dec 1866 Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall, St. Clair renamed Etowah 1868
Baker 30 Dec 1868 Autauga, Bibb, Perry, Shelby renamed Chilton 1874
Baldwin 21 Dec 1809 Washington, part of Florida Escambia 1868, Washington 1800
Barbour 18 Dec 1832 Creek Cession Bullock 1866, Russell 1832
Benton 18 Dec 1832 Creek Cession renamed Calhoun 1858
Bibb 04 Dec 1820 Monroe, Montgomery Chilton 1820
Blount 07 Feb 1818 Cherokee Cession, Montgomery Cullman 1877, Etoway 1868, Marshall 1836, Jefferson 1819
Bullock 05 Dec 1866 Barbour, Macon, Montgomery, Pike none
Butler 13 Dec 1819 Conecuh, Montgomery Crenshaw 1866, Lowndes 1830
Calhoun 18 Dec 1832 Creek Cession Cleburne 1866, Etowah 1868
Chambers 18 Dec 1832 Creek Cession Lee 1866
Cherokee 09 Jan 1836 Cherokee Cession Etowah 1867
Chilton 17 Dec 1874 renamed from Baker none
Choctaw 29 Dec 1847 Sumter, Washington none
Clarke 10 Dec 1812 Washington none
Clay 07 Dec 1866 Randolph, Talladega none
Cleburne 06 Dec 1866 Calhou, Randolph, Talladega none
Coffee 29 Dec 1841 Dale Crenshaw, 1866, Geneva 1868
Colbert 6 Feb 1867 Franklin abolished 1867, restablished 1869
Conecuh 13 Feb 1818 Monroe Butler 1819, Escambia 1868, Henry 1819
Coosa 18 Dec 182 Creek Cession Elmore 1866
Cotaco 08 Feb 1818 Cherokee Turkeytown Cession renamed Morgan 1821
Covington 18 Dec 1821 Henry Crenshaw 1866, Dale 1824
Crenshaw 24 Nov 1865 Butler, Covington, Coffee, Lowndes, Pike none
Cullman 24 Jan 1877 Blount, Morgan, Winston none
Dale 22 Dec 1824 Covington, henry Coffee 1841, Geneva 1868, Houston 1903
Dallas 09 Feb 1818 Montgomery Lowndes 1830, Wilcox 1819
Decatur 17 Dec 1821 Jackson abolished 1824
DeKalb 09 Jan 1836 Cherokee cession Etowah 1868
Elmore 15 Feb 1866 Autauga, Montgomery, Cosa, Tallapoosa none
Escambia 10 dec 1868 Baldwin, Conecuh none
Etowah 07 Dec 1868 renamed from Baine none
Fayette 20 Dec 1824 Marion, Pickens,Tuscaloosa none
Franklin 04 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Indian Cession Colbert 1867. Courthouse destroyed 1 December 1891. 
Geneva 26 Dc 1868 Dale, Henry, Coffee Houston 1903, Hale 1867
Greene 13 Dec 1819 Marengo, Tuscaloosa, Pickens (1866) Hale 1867
Hale 30 Jan 1867 Greene, Marengo, Perry, Tuscaloosa none
Hancock 12 Feb 1850 Walker renamed Winston 1858
Henry 13 Dec 1819 Conecuh Covington 1821, Dale 1824, Geneva 1868, Hosuton 1903, Pike 1821
Houston 09 Feb 1903 Dale, Geneva, Henry none
Jackson 13 Dec 1819 Cherokee Cession Marshall 1836
Jefferson 13 Dec 1819 Blount none
Jones 04 Feb 1867 Marion, Fayette, Pickens abolished 1868
Lamar 04 Feb 1867 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 06 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession none
Lawrence 04 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession none
Lee 15 Dec 1866 Chambers, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa none
Limestone 06 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Chickasaw Cessions none
Lowndes 20 Jan 1830 Butler, Dallas, Montgomery Crenshaw 1866
Macon 18 Dec 1832 Creek Cession Bullock 1866, Lee 1866
Madison 13 Dec 1808 Cherokee Cession none
Marengo 07 Feb 1818 Choctaw Cession Greene 1819, Hale 1867
Marion 13 Feb 1818 Tuscaloosa Fayette 1824, Walker 1823
Marshall 09 Jan 1836 Blount, Jackson, Cherokee Cession Etowah 1868, Jackson 1819
Mobile 01 Aug 1813 West Florida, Creek Cession none
Monroe 05 Jun 1815 Creek Cession Bibb 1818, Montgomery 1816, Conecuh 1818, Wilcox 1819
Montgomery 06 Dec 1816 Monroe Autauga 1818, Bibb 1818, Blount 1818, Bullock 1866, Butler 1819, Dallas 1818, Elmore 1866, Pike 1821, Shelby 1818, Lowndes 1830, Perry 1819
Morgan 08 Feb 1818 Cherokee Turkeytown Cession Cullman 1877
Perry 13 Dec 1819 Montgomery Chilton 1868, Hale 1867
Pickens 19 Dec 1820 Tuscaloosa Fayette 1824, Greene 1866
Pike 17 Dec 1821 Henry, Montgomery Bullock 1866, Crenshaw 1866
Russell 18 Dec 1821 Creek Cession, barbour Lee 1866
Saint Clair 20 Nov 1818 Shelby Etowah 1868
Sanford 08 Oct 1868 Jones renamed Lamar
Shelby 07 Feb 1818 Montgomery Chilton 1868, Saint Clair 1818
Sumter 18 Dec 1832 Choctaw Cession Choctaw 1847
Talladega 18 Dec 182 Creek Cession Clay 1866, Cleburne 1866
Tallapoosa 18 Dec 1832 Creek Cession Elmore 1866, Lee 1866, Walker 1823
Tuscaloosa 07 Feb 1818 Cherokee & Choctaw Cession Fayette 1824, Greene 1819, Hale 1867, Marion 1818, Pickens 1820
Walker 20 Dec 1823 Marion, Tuscaloosa Winston 1850
Washington 04 Jun 1800 Mississippi Territory, Baldwin Baldwin 1809, Choctaw 1847, Clark 1812, Monroe 1815
Wilcox 13 Dec 1819 Monroe, Dallas none
Winston 12 Feb 1850 renamed from Hancock Cullman 1877
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