Alabama: Consolidated Chronology of State and County Boundaries

Alabama Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

John H. Long, Editor; Peggy Tuck Sinko, Associate Editor and Historical Compiler; Douglas Knox, Book Digitizing Director; Emily Kelley, Research Associate; Laura Rico-Beck, GIS Specialist and Digital Compiler; Peter Siczewicz, ArcIMS Interactive Map Designer; Robert Will, Cartographic Assistant

Copyright The Newberry Library 2007

24 March 1662/1663

King Charles II created Carolina from earlier range of Virginia territory and granted it as a proprietary colony to eight of his supporters. Limits were: on the north, the north end of Lucke Island and the parallel of 36 degrees north latitude; on the west, the Pacific Ocean; and on the south, the St. Marys River and, from that river westward, the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude. Included all of present Alabama and Mississippi north of 31 degrees north latitude. (Swindler, 7:357-358)

30 June 1665

King Charles II granted a new charter to the proprietors of Carolina, expanding jurisdiction to north and south. New boundaries were: on the north, a line from the north end of the Currituck River westward to "Wyonoak" Creek and thence due west along the parallel of 36 degrees, 30 minutes north latitude; on the west, the Pacific Ocean; and on the south, the parallel of 29 degrees north latitude. Included all of present Alabama and Mississippi. (Swindler, 7:375)

January 1701/1702

The French erected Fort Louis de la Louisiane, near present Mobile, the first European settlement in the region that became Alabama. (Hamilton, Colonial Mobile, 53; Higginbotham, 46-49)

1719

The French commander at New Orleans and the Spanish commander at Pensacola agreed to recognize the Perdido River as the boundary between their jurisdictions, Louisiana and Florida, and their home governments acquiesced in the arrangement. (Cox, 8)

9 June 1732

King George II created Georgia from South Carolina and granted it as a proprietary colony in trust for 21 years. Boundaries were: on the north, the Savannah River; on the south, the Altamaha River; on the west, the Pacific Ocean. Included northern portions of present Alabama and Mississippi. (Swindler, 2:437; Paullin, 27, pl. 42)

10 February 1763

Treaty of Paris, ending the Seven Years' War between Great Britain (the victor) and France and Spain, formally transferred Florida to the British and implicitly set the Mississippi River as a new western limit for British colonies, including Georgia, whose charter bounds had technically extended to the Pacific Ocean. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 1)

7 October 1763

King George III, by his Proclamation of 1763, created three new royal provinces and settled a dispute between two older ones. Relevant provisions: West Florida was created to cover the territory west of the Apalachicola River, south of 31 degrees north latitude, and east of the Mississippi River, the Iberville River, and Lake Pontchartrain, including southern parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida; Georgia gained the territory south of the Altamaha River and north of Florida, thereby settling a dispute between Georgia and South Carolina and confirming Georgia's claim to all of present Alabama and Mississippi north of 31 degrees north latitude. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 1, 77; Shortt and Doughty, 119-120)

July 1764

In the commission to West Florida's first governor, Great Britain redefined West Florida, extending its limits northward to a line running due east from the junction of the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers to the Chattahoochee River; implicitly reduced the western extent of Georgia and added Natchez and much of present Alabama and Mississippi to West Florida. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 87)

8 May 1781

Spain captured Pensacola, successfully concluding a campaign (begun in August 1779) to conquer West Florida from Great Britain during the War of the American Revolution. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 53-54)

3 September 1783

Commissioners from Great Britain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris ending the War of the American Revolution, recognizing American independence, and generally defining U.S. boundaries as including the Mississippi River on the west and the Floridas on the south (ratifications exchanged 12 May 1784). Great Britain ceded East and West Florida to Spain by a separate Treaty of Paris but the boundaries of the Floridas were not specified. (Parry, 48:481, 487, 491-492; Van Zandt, 12)

29 July 1784

Spain claimed most of the southwestern United States (north of West Florida, east of the Mississippi River, south of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers, and west of the Flint River), including present Alabama and Mississippi, based upon its conquest of West Florida and the lower Mississippi during the War of the American Revolution. The United States insisted upon the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude, specified in its 1783 peace treaty with Great Britain, as its southern boundary. Neither side actually controlled the interior. (Cappon, Petchenik, and Long, 14, 74, 87; Whitaker, facing 68)

7 February 1785

The state of Georgia claimed the area north of 31 degrees north latitude, based on its colonial charter and created BOURBON (Ga., extinct) in present Mississippi. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 503-505; Watkins and Watkins, 304-305)

1 February 1788

Georgia continued to claim all of present Alabama and Mississippi north of 31 degrees north latitude; BOURBON (Ga.) eliminated. (Watkins and Watkins, 370-371)

27 October 1795

Pinckney's Treaty with Spain (ratified 25 April 1796) settled the U.S.-Florida boundary along the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude from the Mississippi River eastward to the Chattahoochee River, thereby ending Spain's 1784 claim to most of present Alabama and Mississippi. (Parry, 53:9, 12-13; Van Zandt, 22)

7 April 1798

The United States created Mississippi Territory. Boundaries were: on the west, the Mississippi River; on the north, a line running due east from the mouth of the Yazoo River to the Chattahoochee River; on the east, the Chattahoochee River; and on the south, the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude. Mississippi Territory covered the south-central portions of present Alabama and Mississippi. Georgia claimed this area under its colonial charter, and the federal act stated that the creation of the territory would not impair Georgia's claim. (U.S. Stat., vol. 1, ch. 28 [1798], secs. 1, 3, 5/pp. 549-550)

2 April 1799

ADAMS (Miss.) and PICKERING (now JEFFERSON, Miss.) created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area; both included part of present Alabama and Mississippi; all non-county area in Mississippi Territory was eliminated. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 126-128; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1, art. 3/p. 2)

4 June 1800

WASHINGTON created by Mississippi Territory from ADAMS (Miss.) and PICKERING (now JEFFERSON, Miss.); included part of present Mississippi. ADAMS (Miss.) and PICKERING (Miss.) eliminated from present Alabama. (Rowland, Miss. Terr. Arch., 238-239; Toulmin, Statutes, ch. 1, art. 4/pp. 3-4)

27 January 1802

CLAIBORNE (Miss.) created by Mississippi Territory from JEFFERSON (Miss.); CLAIBORNE (Miss.) extended eastward to Georgia, thereby overlapping WASHINGTON [Overlap Area 1]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 88)

30 January 1802

Choctaw Indian boundary in present Mississippi was implicitly adopted as the eastern limit of CLAIBORNE (Miss.), ending the overlap of WASHINGTON [Overlap Area 1] and eliminating CLAIRBORNE (Miss.) from present Alabama. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 90)

24 April 1802

Georgia and the United States made a two-part agreement: the United States ceded to Georgia all claims to any territory south of North Carolina and west of the Appalachian watershed that it received in 1787 from South Carolina; Georgia ceded to the United States all territory south of North Carolina and Tennessee, east of the Mississippi River, north of the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude, and west of the present western limit of Georgia, that is, much of present Alabama and Mississippi. This area became unorganized federal territory. (Paullin, 83; Terr. Papers U.S., 5:142-143; Van Zandt, 100)

12 March 1803

CLAIBORNE (Miss.) gained from JEFFERSON (Miss.) in present Mississippi. A mistake in the description would have enlarged CLAIBORNE (Miss.) eastward to Georgia, thereby again overlapping WASHINGTON [mistake corrected 7 February 1807; no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 90-91)

30 April 1803

The United States purchased Louisiana by treaty from France, taking formal possession 20 December 1803. The United States took advantage of the ambiguous description of the territory to claim all of West Florida west of the Perdido River (southern portions of present Alabama and Mississippi) as part of the 1719 de facto definition of Louisiana, although Spain actually governed the area. (Parry, 57:27, 30-31; Cox, facing 2, 84-101)

26 March 1804

The United States created Orleans Territory from that portion of Louisiana south of the parallel of 33 degrees north latitude west of the Mississippi River, and south of Mississippi Territory east of the river to the Perdido River; this included part of West Florida between the Mississippi and Perdido Rivers (including the southern portions of present Alabama and Mississippi), claimed by the United States as part of Louisiana, and by Spain as Spanish West Florida. Spain actually governed the area. Map depicts the disputed area in present Alabama and Mississippi. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 38 [1804], sec. 1/p. 283; Van Zandt, 107)

27 March 1804

Mississippi Territory gained unorganized federal territory south of Tennessee (northern portions of present Alabama and Mississippi). Map depicts non-county area in Mississippi Territory that was located in present Alabama. (U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 61 [1804], sec. 7/p. 305)

7 February 1807

Boundary between WASHINGTON and CLAIBORNE (Miss.) was clarified, correcting mistake of 12 March 1803 [no change]. (Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 93)

13 December 1808

MADISON created by Mississippi Territory from Non-County Area 1. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 2/pp. 80-81)

21 December 1809

BALDWIN and WAYNE (Miss.) created by Mississippi Territory from WASHINGTON; WAYNE (Miss.) included part of present Alabama. WASHINGTON lost to Non-County Area 1. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 3/pp. 81-82; Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 96-97)

7 December 1810

FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) created by Orleans Territory from non-county area; included parts of present Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Spain actually controlled much of the area. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 210)

4 January 1811

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) created by Orleans Territory within FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct); included parts of present Alabama and Mississippi. No change was made to the underlying boundaries of FELICIANA County. Spain controlled much of the area until 1813. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 214)

26 January 1811

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) gained area within FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) in present Alabama. No change was made to the underlying boundaries of FELICIANA County. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., p. 216)

24 April 1811

PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory, extinct) boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Orleans Terr. Acts 1811, 2d sess., ch. 28, sec. 6/p. 122)

9 December 1811

GREENE (Miss.) created by Mississippi Territory from WAYNE (Miss.); included part of present Alabama; WAYNE (Miss.) lost to creation of MARION (Miss.) in present Mississippi. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 4/p. 82; Miss. Terr. Stat., pp. 104-105)

30 April 1812

Louisiana admitted to the Union from Orleans Territory; Orleans Territory eliminated. PASCAGOULA Parish (Orleans Territory) and FELICIANA County (Orleans Territory, extinct) eliminated from present Alabama and Mississippi. (Fuller, 199; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 50 [1812], secs. 1, 6/pp. 701, 704; ch. 57 [1812]/p. 708; ch. 84 [1812]/p. 734; Van Zandt, 105)

14 May 1812

The United States formally added the remnant of Orleans Territory lying south of 31 degrees north latitude and between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers to Mississippi Territory. Spanish claims to that part of West Florida between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers effectively ended when the area was formally added to Mississippi Territory, but Spain continued to retain control until April 1813. (Fuller, 199; U.S. Stat., vol. 2, ch. 84 [1812]/p. 734; Van Zandt, 105)

1 August 1812

MOBILE created by Mississippi Territory from non-county area in present Alabama and Mississippi that was claimed, but not fully controlled, by the United States. Spain actually controlled much of the area. (Terr. Papers U.S., 6:305)

10 December 1812

CLARKE created by Mississippi Territory from WASHINGTON. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 5/p. 83; Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 107)

18 December 1812

JACKSON (Miss.) created by Mississippi Territory from MOBILE; JACKSON (Miss.) included part of present Alabama; MOBILE lost to creation of HANCOCK (Miss.) in present Mississippi. Spain actually controlled much of the area. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 6/p. 83; Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 108)

15 April 1813

American forces captured the city of Mobile from Spain, effectively extending United States control over the territory between the Pearl and Perdido Rivers, previously claimed by the United States as part of Louisiana and where JACKSON (Miss.) and MOBILE had been created. (Cox, facing 2; Fuller, 202)

29 June 1815

MONROE created by Mississippi Territory from Non-County Area 1. (Terr. Papers U.S., 6:538)

6 December 1816

MONTGOMERY created by Mississippi Territory from MONROE. (Toulmin, Digest, ch. 8/p. 83; Miss. Terr. Stat., p. 464)

3 March 1817

The United States created Alabama Territory from the eastern half of Mississippi Territory. Boundaries were: on the east, Georgia; on the north, Tennessee; on the west, a line up the Tennessee River to Bear Creek, thence a straight line to the northwest corner of WASHINGTON, and thence due south to the Gulf of Mexico; and on the south, the Gulf, the Perdido River, and thence along the parallel of 31 degrees north latitude to Georgia. BALDWIN, CLARKE, MADISON, MOBILE, MONROE, MONTGOMERY, and WASHINGTON became Alabama counties. Non-County Area 1 became part of Alabama Territory. GREENE (Miss.), JACKSON (Miss.), and WAYNE (Miss.) were eliminated from Alabama, but their eastern ends, which fell east of the new Alabama-Mississippi boundary, became Non-County Areas 2, 3, and 4 in Alabama Territory. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 59 [1817], sec. 1/p. 371)

6 February 1818

BLOUNT created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY and Non-County Area 1. MARENGO created by Alabama Territory from Non-County Area 1. TUSCALOOSA created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY and Non-County Area 1; TUSCALOOSA overlapped non-county area in the state of Mississippi [Overlap Area 2]. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 16-18)

COTACO (now MORGAN) created by Alabama Territory from Non-County Area 1 and a small part of MADISON. FRANKLIN and LAWRENCE created by Alabama Territory from small parts of MONTGOMERY and from Non-County Area 1. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 8-9)

LAUDERDALE created by Alabama Territory from Non-County Area 1. LIMESTONE created by Alabama Territory from MADISON and Non-County Area 1. MADISON gained from Non-County Area 1. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 12-13)

Non-County Area 1 lost to creation of Non-County Area 5, Non-County Area 6 (Choctaw Indian lands), and Non-County Area 7 (Chickasaw Indian lands). (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-3/pp. 8-9, 12-13, 16-18).

7 February 1818

BALDWIN gained all of Non-County Area 3 (formerly part of GREENE, Miss.). MOBILE gained all of Non-County Area 4 (formerly part of JACKSON, Miss.); MOBILE included part of present Mississippi. WASHINGTON gained all of Non-County Area 2 (formerly part of WAYNE, Miss.); WASHINGTON included a small part of present Mississippi. Non-County Areas 2, 3, and 4 eliminated. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 21)

CAHAWBA (now BIBB) created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY. SHELBY created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY and Non-County Area 1. Non-County Area 1 gained a small area (Fort Williams) from MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/pp. 29-30)

9 February 1818

County boundary lines in the Tennessee River were adjusted to run in the middle of the stream; affected COTACO (now MORGAN), FRANKLIN, LAUDERDALE, LAWRENCE, LIMESTONE, and MADISON [not mapped]. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 49)

DALLAS created by Alabama Territory from MONROE and MONTGOMERY; MONTGOMERY was divided into two parts by this creation. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., sec. 1/p. 47)

12 February 1818

MARENGO gained all of Non-County Area 5; Non-County Area 5 eliminated. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., p. 57)

13 February 1818

CONECUH created by Alabama Territory from MONROE; MONROE was divided into two parts by this creation. MARION created by Alabama Territory from TUSCALOOSA; included most of TUSCALOOSA's overlap into the state of Mississippi [Overlap Area 2]. Overlap Area 3 was created when MARION was created from TUSCALOOSA; MARION overlapped non-county area in the state of Mississippi. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 1st sess., secs. 1-2/p. 96)

20 November 1818

ST. CLAIR created by Alabama Territory from SHELBY. SHELBY gained from CAHAWBA (now BIBB) and from Non-County Area 1. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 2d sess., secs. 1-2/pp. 18-19)

CAHAWBA (now BIBB) gained from DALLAS and exchanged with MONTGOMERY; TUSCALOOSA gained small area from CAHAWBA. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 2d sess., p. 21)

21 November 1818

AUTAUGA created by Alabama Territory from MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 2d sess., p. 56)

DALLAS gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 2d sess., p. 76)

Southern boundaries of COTACO (now MORGAN), FRANKLIN, and LAWRENCE were clarified [no change]. (Ala. Terr. Acts 1818, 2d sess., p. 39)

13 December 1819

Legislature passed a single act creating 7 new counties. (Ala. Rpts., 215:640; Ala. Acts 1819, 1st sess., pp. 50-57; for sections of the law on particular counties, see following citations)

BALDWIN gained from CONECUH and MONROE; CAHAWBA (now BIBB) gained from AUTAUGA; DALLAS gained from MONTGOMERY, MONTGOMERY was no longer divided in two parts; MADISON gained from Non-County Area 1; MARENGO gained from DALLAS. TUSCALOOSA gained small area from MARENGO. Non-County Area 8 (Cherokee Indian lands) and Non-County Area 9 (Creek Indian lands) created from Non-County Area 1; Non-County Area 1 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1819, 1st sess./pp. 50-57; Ala. Rpts., 215:640)

14 December 1819

The state of Alabama was admitted to the Union; Alabama Territory eliminated. The southern section of the Alabama-Mississippi line was to be surveyed and adjusted from its original north-south course, if parts of GREENE (Miss.), JACKSON (Miss.), or WAYNE (Miss.) remained east of the interstate line. (U.S. Stat., vol. 3, ch. 47 [1819], secs. 1-3/pp. 489-492 and res. 1 [1819]/p. 608; Van Zandt, 108-109)

17 December 1819

Non-County Area 7 (Chickasaw Indian lands) was attached to FRANKLIN; Non-County Area 6 (Choctaw Indian lands) was attached to MARENGO; Non-County Area 9 (Creek Indian lands) was attached to MONTGOMERY; Non-County Area 8 (Cherokee Indian lands) was attached to ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1819, 1st sess., p. 34)

by 29 May 1820

Surveyors demarcated the southern segment of the Alabama-Mississippi line, fixing the end point ten miles east of the mouth of the Pascagoula River. This southern terminus is approximately 3.7 miles east of its prior location, an adjustment authorized in the act admitting Alabama to the Union on 14 December 1819. BALDWIN, MOBILE, and WASHINGTON lost to the state of Mississippi. (Van Zandt, 108-109)

4 December 1820

CAHAWBA renamed BIBB. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., p. 63)

13 December 1820

AUTAUGA gained from BIBB. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., p. 113)

16 December 1820

BALDWIN exchanged with MOBILE and MONROE. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., p. 104)

19 December 1820

PICKENS created from MARION and TUSCALOOSA. MARION gained part of Non-County Area 7 attached to FRANKLIN, exchanged with TUSCALOOSA, lost to creation of Non-County Area 10. MARION's overlap of the state of Mississippi [Overlap Area 3] and TUSCALOOSA's overlap of the state of Mississippi [Overlap Area 2] ended. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., secs. 1, 9/pp. 90, 92)

20 December 1820

BIBB gained from TUSCALOOSA, exchanged with PERRY. GREENE and TUSCALOOSA gained from PERRY. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., p. 75)

Non-County Area 11 created from Non-County Area 8 attached to ST. CLAIR; Non-County Area 11 detached from ST. CLAIR, attached to COTACO (now MORGAN). (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., p. 76; Toulmin, Digest, ch. 8/p. 171)

1 April 1821

JEFFERSON exchanged with ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1820, 2d sess., p. 90)

14 June 1821

COTACO renamed MORGAN. (Ala. Acts 1821, called sess., p. 40)

27 November 1821

Non-County Area 12 created from Non-County Area 11 attached to MORGAN; Non-County Area 12 detached from MORGAN, attached to JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1821, 3d sess., p. 17)

LIMESTONE gained from LAUDERDALE. (Ala. Acts 1821, 3d sess., p. 72)

28 November 1821

CLARKE gained small area from MONROE [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1821_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1821, 3d sess., p. 68)

7 December 1821

COVINGTON created from HENRY. DECATUR (extinct) created from JACKSON; Non-County Area 12 detached from JACKSON, attached to DECATUR. PIKE created from HENRY and MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Acts 1821, 3d sess., p. 71)

17 December 1821

BIBB exchanged with PERRY. (Ala. Acts 1821, 3d sess., p. 56)

27 December 1822

WILCOX gained from DALLAS. (Ala. Acts 1822, 4th sess., p. 96)

30 December 1822

PERRY gained from DALLAS. (Ala. Acts 1822, 4th sess., p. 117)

BLOUNT lost to Non-County Area 10. (Ala. Acts 1822, 4th sess., p. 96)

31 December 1822

DECATUR (extinct) exchanged with JACKSON. The northern part of Non-County Area 12 was detached from DECATUR and became Non-County Area 13 attached to JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1822, 4th sess., p. 89)

1 January 1823

MARION and TUSCALOOSA gained all of Non-County Area 10; Non-County Area 10 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1822, 4th sess., p. 143)

19 December 1823

JEFFERSON gained from ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1823, 5th sess., p. 85)

26 December 1823

WALKER created from JEFFERSON, MARION, and TUSCALOOSA. TUSCALOOSA gained small area from JEFFERSON. (Ala. Acts 1823, 5th sess., sec. 1/p. 82)

20 December 1824

FAYETTE created from MARION, PICKENS, TUSCALOOSA, and WALKER. PICKENS gained from TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1824, 6th sess., secs. 1, 12/pp. 77-78)

22 December 1824

MONTGOMERY gained from PIKE. WALKER gained from TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1824, 6th sess., p. 87)

17 October 1825

DALE created from COVINGTON and HENRY. (Ala. Acts 1824, 6th sess., secs. 1, 18/pp. 79, 82)

28 December 1825

JACKSON gained all of DECATUR (extinct); DECATUR eliminated. Non-County Area 12 (formerly attached to DECATUR) became part of Non-County Area 13 attached to JACKSON; Non-County Area 12 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1825, 7th sess., p. 15)

4 January 1826

DALE gained from HENRY, lost to PIKE. (Ala. Acts 1825, 7th sess., p. 55)

6 January 1826

MADISON gained from JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1825, 7th sess., p. 10)

12 January 1827

SHELBY gained from AUTAUGA. (Ala. Acts 1826, 8th sess., p. 22)

1 March 1827

Non-County Area 14 created from part of Non-County Area 9 attached to MONTGOMERY. Non-County Area 14 detached from MONTGOMERY, attached to AUTAUGA. (Ala. Acts 1826, 8th sess., p. 32)

28 December 1827

SHELBY gained from AUTAUGA. (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 93)

31 December 1827

JEFFERSON exchanged with TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 99)

3 January 1828

BIBB gained small area from PERRY. BUTLER gained from PIKE and gained small area from COVINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 47)

9 January 1828

AUTAUGA, ST. CLAIR, and SHELBY given concurrent jurisdiction over Non-County Area 14 that had been attached to AUTAUGA. (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 30)

15 January 1828

Boundary between BIBB and TUSCALOOSA was clarified [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 76)

Boundary between BLOUNT and JEFFERSON was clarified [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1827, 9th sess., p. 69)

20 December 1828

PIKE gained from DALE. (Ala. Acts 1828, 10th sess., p. 60)

26 January 1829

CLARKE gained from MONROE and WILCOX; MARENGO gained small area from WILCOX. (Ala. Acts 1828, 10th sess., p. 62; Ala. Rpts., 215:640)

27 January 1829

COVINGTON gained from BUTLER; PIKE gained from BUTLER and COVINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1828, 10th sess., p. 44)

WASHINGTON gained from MOBILE. (Ala. Acts 1828, 10th sess., pp. 44-45)

29 January 1829

MONTGOMERY, ST. CLAIR, and SHELBY gained all of Non-County Area 14 that was concurrently attached to AUTAUGA, ST. CLAIR, and SHELBY; Non-County Area 14 eliminated. MONTGOMERY gained part of Non-County Area 9 attached to MONTGOMERY. PIKE gained the remaining part of Non-County Area 9 attached to MONTGOMERY; Non-County Area 9 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1828, 10th sess., p. 65)

20 January 1830

LOWNDES created from BUTLER, DALLAS, MONTGOMERY, PIKE, and WILCOX. WILCOX gained from CLARKE. (Ala. Acts 1829, 11th sess., p. 25)

15 January 1831

BIBB exchanged with TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1830, 12th sess., p. 8)

CLARKE gained from WILCOX. ST. CLAIR exchanged with SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1830, 12th sess., p. 30)

FAYETTE gained from MARION. (Ala. Acts 1830, 12th sess., p. 29)

SHELBY gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Acts 1830, 12th sess., p. 31)

28 December 1831

HENRY gained from PIKE. (Ala. Acts 1831, 13th sess., p. 29)

18 January 1832

BIBB gained from SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1831, 13th sess., p. 42)

20 January 1832

FAYETTE gained from TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1831, 13th sess., p. 95)

21 January 1832

BLOUNT gained part of Non-County Area 13 attached to JACKSON. FRANKLIN gained all of attached Non-County Area 7; Non-County Area 7 eliminated. JACKSON gained part of attached Non-County Area 13. MORGAN gained from BLOUNT, gained part of Non-County Area 13 attached to JACKSON, and gained all of attached Non-County Area 11; Non-County Area 11 eliminated. ST. CLAIR gained all of attached Non-County Area 8 and part of Non-County Area 13 attached to JACKSON; Non-County Areas 8 AND 13 eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1831, 13th sess., p. 35)

GREENE gained narrow strip all along PICKENS boundary [not mapped]; PICKENS and TUSCALOOSA gained small areas from GREENE [for TUSCALOOSA location, see 1832_pt.shp; change too small to display on interactive map]. (Ala. Acts 1831, 13th sess., p. 38)

15 December 1832

Boundary between HENRY and PIKE was clarified [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1832, ann. sess., no. 9/p. 66)

18 December 1832

Legislature passed a single act creating 10 new counties. (Ala. Acts 1832, ann. sess., no. 11/pp. 9-11; for sections on particular counties, see following citations)

PICKENS and WASHINGTON gained from Non-County Area 6 attached to MARENGO; Non-County Area 6 eliminated. PIKE gained from MONTGOMERY. FRANKLIN and MARION boundaries were redefined [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1832, ann. sess., no. 11/pp. 9-11)

21 December 1832

BALDWIN gained from MOBILE. (Ala. Acts 1832, ann. sess., no. 50/p. 94)

5 January 1833

BUTLER gained small area from MONROE. (Ala. Acts 1832, ann. sess., no. 37/p. 21)

after 1 April 1833

JEFFERSON gained from SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1830, 12th sess., secs. 3, 6/p. 30; Ala. Acts 1832, ann. sess., no. 53, secs. 1, 8/pp. 30-31)

1 January 1834

MACON gained from MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Acts 1833, ann. sess., no. 10/p. 6)

14 January 1834

JACKSON gained from ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1833, ann. sess., no. 26/p. 14)

30 December 1834

Part of ST. CLAIR was attached to BENTON (now CALHOUN) [not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1834, ann. sess., no. 7/p. 5; repeated as no. 156/p. 148)

9 January 1836

CHEROKEE created from JACKSON and ST. CLAIR; CHEROKEE included the part of ST. CLAIR that was attached to BENTON (now CALHOUN). DE KALB created from JACKSON and ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1835, ann. sess., no. 179/p. 170)

MARSHALL created from BLOUNT and JACKSON. MADISON gained from JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1835, ann. sess., no. 47, secs. 1, 13/pp. 47, 49)

23 December 1836

BENTON (now CALHOUN) gained from CHEROKEE; TALLADEGA gained from BENTON. (Ala. Acts 1836, ann. sess., no. 149/p. 118)

24 June 1837

COOSA exchanged with MONTGOMERY. (Ala. Acts 1837, called sess., no. 2/p. 3)

2 December 1837

CONECUH gained from BUTLER. (Ala. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 90/p. 87)

20 December 1837

MACON gained from PIKE. (Ala. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 27/p. 20)

21 December 1837

COOSA gained small area from MONTGOMERY. The remaining boundary between COOSA and MONTGOMERY was clarified [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 29/p. 21)

23 December 1837

MARSHALL gained from MADISON. (Ala. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 44/p. 36)

FAYETTE gained from MARION. (Ala. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 49/p. 38)

25 December 1837

RUSSELL gained small area from MACON. (Ala. Acts 1837, ann. sess., no. 84/p. 78)

by 1839

MONROE gained small area from BUTLER. (Morse, [pl. 33])

2 February 1839

MONTGOMERY gained from TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1838, ann. sess., no. 95/p. 99)

29 January 1840

PIKE gained small area from DALE. (Ala. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 43/p. 112)

3 February 1840

JEFFERSON exchanged with TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 103/p. 142)

4 February 1840

MARENGO gained from DALLAS. (Ala. Acts 1839, ann. sess., no. 60/p. 45)

15 December 1840

MARSHALL gained from MORGAN. (Ala. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 6/p. 9)

18 December 1840

BUTLER gained small area from WILCOX [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1840_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 131/p. 98)

2 January 1841

CONECUH gained from BUTLER. (Ala. Acts 1840, ann. sess., no. 5/p. 9)

2 December 1841

JEFFERSON gained small area from SHELBY to accommodate local property owner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1841, ann. sess., no. 97/p. 92)

29 December 1841

COFFEE created from DALE. (Ala. Acts 1841, ann. sess., no. 190, sec. 1/p. 152)

LOWNDES gained small area from MONTGOMERY [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1841_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1841, ann. sess., no. 153/p. 129)

9 January 1843

WALKER gained from FAYETTE. (Ala. Acts 1842, ann. sess., no. 200/p. 158)

27 January 1843

CHEROKEE gained from BENTON (now CALHOUN). (Ala. Acts 1842, ann. sess., no. 196/p. 157)

7 February 1843

DE KALB exchanged with MARSHALL. Boundary between DE KALB and JACKSON was adjusted [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1842, ann. sess., no. 199/p. 158)

11 February 1843

MACON gained small area from RUSSELL to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1842, ann. sess., no. 197/p. 157)

13 February 1843

CLARKE gained from MONROE. (Ala. Acts 1842, ann. sess., no. 226/p. 172)

14 February 1843

GREENE gained from PICKENS. (Ala. Acts 1842, ann. sess., no. 227/p. 173)

16 January 1844

DE KALB gained from CHEROKEE. (Ala. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 109/p. 69)

17 January 1844

HENRY gained small area from BARBOUR. (Ala. Acts 1843, ann. sess., no. 135/p. 87)

27 January 1845

BENTON (now CALHOUN) gained small area from CHEROKEE to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1845_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1844, ann. sess., no. 102/p. 58)

TALLADEGA gained small area from BENTON (now CALHOUN). (Ala. Acts 1844, ann. sess., no. 115/p. 64)

TALLAPOOSA gained from MACON. (Ala. Acts 1844, ann. sess., no. 120/p. 66)

2 February 1846

MACON gained from TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1845, ann. sess., no. 178/p. 154)

29 December 1847

CHOCTAW created from SUMTER and WASHINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1847, 1st bien. sess., no. 213, sec. 1/p. 306)

3 March 1848

JACKSON gained from DE KALB. (Ala. Acts 1847, 1st bien. sess., no. 273/p. 363)

5 February 1850

TALLADEGA gained small area from BENTON (now CALHOUN). (Ala. Acts 1849, 2d bien. sess., no. 242/p. 384)

12 February 1850

HANCOCK (now WINSTON) created from WALKER. The legislature authorized WALKER to gain from TUSCALOOSA, but the description was faulty and was never implemented [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1849, 2d bien. sess., no. 58/p. 90)

5 February 1852

JACKSON gained small area from MARSHALL. (Ala. Acts 1851, 3d bien. sess., no. 337/p. 441)

9 February 1852

JEFFERSON gained small area from TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1851, 3d bien. sess., no. 335/p. 440)

10 February 1852

Boundary between CONECUH and MONROE was clarified [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1851, 3d bien. sess., no. 332/p. 439)

14 February 1854

Boundary between BENTON (now CALHOUN) and CHEROKEE was adjusted [location unknown, not mapped; mistake in description corrected 1 February 1856]. (Ala. Acts 1853, 4th bien. sess., no. 342/p. 218)

15 February 1854

DE KALB gained from JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1853, 4th bien. sess., no. 296/p. 184)

18 February 1854

BENTON (now CALHOUN) gained small area from CHEROKEE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1854_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1853, 4th bien. sess., no. 311/p. 202)

1 February 1856

Boundary between BENTON (now CALHOUN) and CHEROKEE was clarified to correct mistake of 14 February 1854 [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1855, 5th bien. sess., no. 160/p. 120)

22 January 1858

HANCOCK renamed WINSTON. (Ala. Acts 1857, 6th bien. sess., no. 322/p. 327)

29 January 1858

BENTON renamed CALHOUN. (Ala. Acts 1857, 6th bien. sess., no. 306/p. 318)

2 February 1858

DE KALB gained small area from JACKSON to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1858_pt. for location]. MARSHALL gained from DE KALB and JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1857, 6th bien. sess., no. 335/p. 337)

6 February 1858

CHEROKEE gained small area from DE KALB [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1857, 6th bien. sess., no. 308/p. 319)

21 February 1860

WASHINGTON gained small area from MOBILE. (Ala. Acts 1859, 7th bien. sess., no. 416/p. 556)

25 February 1860

DE KALB gained from JACKSON. (Ala. Acts 1859, 7th bien. sess., no. 383/p. 523)

8 February 1861

JEFFERSON gained from SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1861, called sess., no. 77/p. 67)

11 November 1861

SHELBY gained from JEFFERSON. (Ala. Acts 1861, 1st reg. sess., no. 213/p. 207)

6 December 1861

CLARKE gained small area from MONROE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1861_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1861, 1st reg. sess., no. 200/p. 201)

7 November 1862

AUTAUGA gained small area from BIBB to accommodate local property owners [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1862, 2d reg. sess., no. 128/p. 151)

24 November 1862

BUTLER gained small area from CONECUH to accommodate local property owner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1862, 2d reg. sess., no. 129/p. 151)

28 November 1862

MONTGOMERY gained small area from PIKE to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1862_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1862, 2d reg. sess., no. 153/p. 164)

4 December 1862

JEFFERSON gained small area from SHELBY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1862_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1862, 2d reg. sess., no. 137/p. 156)

27 August 1863

MOBILE gained small area from WASHINGTON to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1863_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1863, called sess., no. 30/p. 31)

28 November 1863

MARENGO gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1863_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1863, 3d reg. sess., no. 199/p. 151)

30 November 1863

PERRY gained small area from MARENGO to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1863_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1863, 3d reg. sess., no. 201/p. 152)

3 October 1864

GREENE gained small area from TUSCALOOSA to accommodate local property owner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1864, called sess., no. 50/p. 37)

11 December 1865

MONROE gained small area from CONECUH to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1865_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 441/p. 566)

10 February 1866

CHAMBERS gained small area from TALLAPOOSA to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 416/p. 554)

20 February 1866

MARENGO gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1866_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 450/p. 571)

24 November 1866

CRENSHAW created from BUTLER, COFFEE, COVINGTON, LOWNDES, and PIKE; a provision that would have included part of MONTGOMERY in CRENSHAW was never implemented. BUTLER gained from LOWNDES; PIKE gained small area from BUTLER. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 39, secs. 1-2/p. 38)

5 December 1866

BULLOCK created from BARBOUR, MACON, MONTGOMERY, and PIKE. BARBOUR gained small area from PIKE. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 84, sec. 1/p. 65)

LEE created from CHAMBERS, MACON, RUSSELL, and TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 61, sec. 1/p. 50)

6 December 1866

CLEBURNE created from CALHOUN, RANDOLPH, and TALLADEGA. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 89, sec. 1/p. 71)

7 December 1866

BAINE (extinct) created from BLOUNT, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, DE KALB, MARSHALL, and ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 92, sec. 1/p. 76)

CLAY created from RANDOLPH and TALLADEGA. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 110, sec. 1/p. 92)

late December 1866

ELMORE created from AUTAUGA, COOSA, MONTGOMERY, and TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1865, reg. sess., no. 312, secs. 1, 4/pp. 484-485)

17 January 1867

LEE gained small area from CHAMBERS to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 188/p. 175)

30 January 1867

HALE created from GREENE, MARENGO, PERRY, and TUSCALOOSA. GREENE gained from PICKENS. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 418, secs. 1, 9/pp. 477, 480)

4 February 1867

FAYETTE gained from MARION. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 288/p. 317)

JONES (extinct) created from FAYETTE and MARION. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 298, sec. 1/p. 323)

LEE gained small area from CHAMBERS to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 290/p. 318)

PIKE gained small area from BULLOCK to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1867_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 297/p. 322)

6 February 1867

COLBERT created from FRANKLIN. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 321, sec. 1/p. 351)

8 February 1867

BARBOUR exchanged with BULLOCK. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 335/p. 363)

11 February 1867

BUTLER gained small area from CRENSHAW. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 355/p. 386)

13 February 1867

Boundary between CHEROKEE and DE KALB was redefined [no discernible change]. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 382/p. 420)

14 February 1867

TALLADEGA gained from CLEBURNE. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 400/p. 432)

15 February 1867

CLEBURNE gained from CLAY and TALLADEGA; TALLADEGA gained from CLAY. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 438/p. 496)

16 February 1867

TALLADEGA gained from CLAY. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 467/p. 528)

TALLAPOOSA gained small area from LEE. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 480/p. 543)

18 February 1867

CRENSHAW gained from COVINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 529/p. 581)

DALLAS gained from PERRY. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 509/p. 567)

19 February 1867

DE KALB and MARSHALL gained from BAINE (extinct). (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 633/p. 677)

Legislature authorized a change in boundaries of BAINE (extinct) with BLOUNT and ST. CLAIR [cannot be demarcated as described; no change]. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 566/p. 615)

LEE gained small area from CHAMBERS to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 584/p. 632)

LOWNDES gained small area from CRENSHAW. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 687/p. 747)

PIKE gained from CRENSHAW. (Ala. Acts 1866, reg. sess., no. 540/p. 589)

13 November 1867

FAYETTE and MARION gained all of JONES (extinct); JONES eliminated. On 8 October 1868 SANFORD (now LAMAR) was created with boundaries identical to those of JONES (extinct). (Ala. Acts 1868, Ord. of St. Conv. [1867], no. 1/p. 161)

29 November 1867

FRANKLIN gained all of COLBERT; COLBERT eliminated. (Ala. Acts 1868, Ord. of St. Conv. [1867], no. 5/p. 163)

3 December 1867

BLOUNT, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, DE KALB, MARSHALL, and ST. CLAIR gained all of BAINE (extinct); BAINE eliminated. ETOWAH was created 1 December 1868 in the same area, but with different boundaries from those of BAINE (extinct). (Ala. Acts 1868, Ord. of St. Conv. [1867], no. 27/p. 178)

5 August 1868

BUTLER gained small area from CRENSHAW to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1868, ext. sess., p. 80)

6 August 1868

COVINGTON renamed JONES. (Ala. Acts 1868, ext. sess., p. 84)

8 October 1868

SANFORD (now LAMAR) created from FAYETTE and MARION; boundaries were identical to those of JONES (extinct). (Ala. Acts 1868, called sess., no. 13/p. 216)

10 October 1868

JONES renamed COVINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1868, called sess., no. 39/p. 257)

1 December 1868

ETOWAH created from BLOUNT, CALHOUN, CHEROKEE, DE KALB, MARSHALL, and ST. CLAIR. ETOWAH boundaries differed from those of BAINE (extinct), which had been located in the same area. MARSHALL gained from DE KALB. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 20, sec. 1/p. 359)

10 December 1868

ELMORE gained small area from COOSA. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 44/p. 406)

ESCAMBIA created from BALDWIN and CONECUH. A narrow strip of territory along the state line was inadvertently omitted from the formal definition of ESCAMBIA [mistake corrected 5 March 1907]. MONROE gained small area from BALDWIN. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 34, sec. 1/p. 397)

17 December 1868

ST. CLAIR gained small area from ETOWAH to accommodate local property owner [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 62/p. 417)

24 December 1868

COVINGTON gained from CRENSHAW. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 95/p. 438)

26 December 1868

GENEVA created from COFFEE, DALE, and HENRY. A strip of territory along the state line was inadvertently omitted from the formal definition of GENEVA [mistake corrected 11 February 1870]. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 110, sec. 1/p. 446)

28 December 1868

DALLAS gained small area from PERRY [area became a DALLAS exclave on 30 December 1868 and was returned to PERRY 28 February 1889]. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 111/p. 448)

30 December 1868

BAKER (now CHILTON) created from AUTAUGA, BIBB, DALLAS, and SHELBY. The small area gained by DALLAS from PERRY two days earlier became a DALLAS exclave when BAKER was created [corrected 28 February 1889]. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 142, sec. 1/p. 488)

31 December 1868

RUSSELL gained from BARBOUR. (Ala. Acts 1868, reg. sess., no. 177/p. 524)

15 December 1869

BAKER (now CHILTON) gained from AUTAUGA. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 12/p. 18)

DALLAS gained from BAKER (now CHILTON). (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 11/p. 18)

24 January 1870

COLBERT re-created from FRANKLIN. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 5/p. 6; HRS Ala., Colbert, 4)

7 February 1870

MARENGO gained small area from HALE [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 87/p. 75)

MARENGO gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 80/p. 69)

ST. CLAIR gained from ETOWAH. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 74/p. 65)

11 February 1870

Southern boundary of GENEVA was clarified to match state line, correcting mistake of 26 December 1868 [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 108/p. 97)

14 February 1870

ELMORE gained small area from TALLAPOOSA to accommodate local property owners. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 125/p. 105)

21 February 1870

COVINGTON gained small area from ESCAMBIA to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 145/p. 159)

25 February 1870

BLOUNT gained small area from MARSHALL. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 181/p. 185)

1 March 1870

Legislature authorized CHOCTAW to gain from SUMTER and WASHINGTON to gain from CHOCTAW, dependent on local referendum [local action unknown, no change]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 213/p. 234)

3 March 1870

Legislature authorized DE KALB to gain from JACKSON dependent on local referendum [repealed 8 February 1872]; no evidence found that referendum was held [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 353/p. 449)

COOSA gained small area from CLAY to accommodate local property owner [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1870_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 333/p. 434)

15 February 1871

COFFEE gained small area from GENEVA to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1870, reg. sess., no. 87/p. 79; Ala. Acts 1869, reg. sess., no. 257/p. 300)

23 February 1871

COFFEE gained small area from CRENSHAW to accommodate local property owners. (Ala. Acts 1870, reg. sess., no. 85/p. 78)

6 March 1871

JEFFERSON gained from SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1870, reg. sess., no. 84/p. 78)

9 March 1871

BARBOUR gained small area from BULLOCK to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1870, reg. sess., no. 86/p. 79)

7 December 1871

BIBB gained small area from PERRY to accommodate local property owners [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1871_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 154/p. 163)

CALHOUN gained from ETOWAH. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 153/p. 162)

11 December 1871

PIKE gained small area from BULLOCK to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 152/p. 162)

16 December 1871

Legislature authorized CLAY to gain from RANDOLPH [cannot be demarcated as described; no change]. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 155/p. 163)

8 February 1872

Act of 3 March 1870, intended to change the boundary between DE KALB and JACKSON, was repealed [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 151/p. 161)

BULLOCK gained small area from BARBOUR. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 157/p. 164)

24 February 1872

LEE gained small area from CHAMBERS to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1871, reg. sess., no. 156/p. 164)

15 March 1873

BARBOUR gained small area from RUSSELL to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1872, reg. sess., no. 99/p. 137)

17 March 1873

CLAY gained small area from RANDOLPH. (Ala. Acts 1872, reg. sess., no. 100/p. 138)

23 April 1873

SHELBY gained from BAKER (now CHILTON). (Ala. Acts 1872, reg. sess., no. 101/p. 138)

11 December 1874

CONECUH gained from COVINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 462/p. 596)

14 December 1874

PIKE gained small area from BULLOCK. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 464/p. 597)

17 December 1874

BAKER renamed CHILTON. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 72/p. 179)

29 January 1875

COLBERT exchanged small areas with FRANKLIN [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1875_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 463/p. 597)

10 February 1875

RUSSELL gained small area from BARBOUR to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 465/p. 598)

13 February 1875

CHILTON gained from DALLAS. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 73/p. 180)

25 February 1875

CONECUH gained from ESCAMBIA. (Ala. Acts 1874, reg. sess., no. 192/p. 267)

7 March 1876

CHEROKEE gained from DE KALB. (Ala. Acts 1875, reg. sess., no. 226/p. 350)

10 January 1877

TALLADEGA gained from CLAY. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 208/p. 233)

13 January 1877

HALE gained from PERRY. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 209/p. 235)

24 January 1877

CULLMAN created from BLOUNT, MARSHALL, MORGAN, and WINSTON. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 56, sec. 1/p. 69)

30 January 1877

DE KALB gained from MARSHALL. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 210/p. 235)

5 February 1877

MONTGOMERY gained small area from BULLOCK to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 206/p. 233)

6 February 1877

CRENSHAW gained from PIKE. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 203/p. 232)

8 February 1877

BLOUNT gained from JEFFERSON and WALKER. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 201, sec. 1/p. 229)

SANFORD renamed LAMAR. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 205/p. 232)

9 February 1877

CLAY gained small area from TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1876, bien. sess., no. 207/p. 233)

7 December 1878

JEFFERSON gained small area from SHELBY [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1878_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 194/p. 226)

29 January 1879

BLOUNT exchanged with WALKER. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 186/p. 219)

31 January 1879

ETOWAH gained from DE KALB. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 193/p. 225)

4 February 1879

MARSHALL gained from DE KALB. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 191/p. 224)

13 February 1879

BLOUNT gained from CULLMAN. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 254/p. 280)

Legislature authorized GENEVA to gain from HENRY, and COFFEE was authorized to gain from GENEVA, dependent on local referendum; no evidence was found that the required election was held [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 199/p. 228)

Legislature authorized GENEVA to be renamed GORDON, dependent on local referendum; there is no evidence that the required election was held [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 200/p. 230)

MACON gained small area from LEE. (Ala. Acts 1878, bien. sess., no. 198/p. 227)

28 February 1881

HALE gained from GREENE when the boundary line was moved from the east bank to the middle of Black Warrior River [not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1880, bien. sess., no. 139/p. 178)

1 March 1881

CHAMBERS gained small area from LEE to accommodate local property owner. (Ala. Acts 1880, bien. sess., no. 324/p. 467)

10 February 1883

CHEROKEE gained from CALHOUN; CLEBURNE gained from CALHOUN and CHEROKEE. (Ala. Acts 1882, bien. sess., no. 191/p. 347)

12 December 1884

CHEROKEE gained small area from DE KALB. (Ala. Acts 1884, bien. sess., no. 150/p. 261)

JEFFERSON gained from SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1884, bien. sess., no. 155/p. 267)

17 February 1885

MACON gained small area from TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1884, bien. sess., no. 379/p. 676)

11 December 1886

CALHOUN exchanged with CLEBURNE. (Ala. Acts 1886, bien. sess., no. 334/p. 757)

11 February 1887

ST. CLAIR gained from BLOUNT. (Ala. Acts 1886, bien. sess., no. 283/p. 689)

22 February 1887

BULLOCK gained small area from PIKE to accommodate local property owners. (Ala. Acts 1886, bien. sess., no. 437/p. 892)

28 February 1887

BUTLER gained small area from COVINGTON, exchanged small areas with CRENSHAW [for location of the gains from COVINGTON and CRENSHAW see 1887_pt.shp; change too small to display on interactive map]. (Ala. Acts 1886, bien. sess., no. 498/p. 988)

CONECUH gained small area from ESCAMBIA [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1887_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1886, bien. sess., no. 270/p. 662)

CULLMAN gained from BLOUNT. (Ala. Acts 1886, bien. sess., no. 502/p. 990)

12 December 1888

Boundary between LEE and RUSSELL was adjusted [location unknown, not mapped]. (Ala. Acts 1888, bien. sess., no. 184/p. 180)

7 February 1889

BULLOCK gained small area from PIKE to accommodate local property owners. (Ala. Acts 1888, bien. sess., no. 232/p. 315)

28 February 1889

PERRY gained the DALLAS exclave dating from December 1868. (Ala. Acts 1888, bien. sess., no. 590/p. 1053)

5 December 1890

COVINGTON gained small area from CRENSHAW. (Ala. Acts 1890, bien. sess., no. 24/p. 34)

9 February 1893

CLAY gained from TALLADEGA. (Ala. Acts 1892, bien. sess., no. 170/p. 343)

21 February 1893

COVINGTON gained small area from CRENSHAW. (Ala. Acts 1892, bien. sess., no. 393/p. 878)

CULLMAN gained from BLOUNT. (Ala. Acts 1892, bien. sess., no. 336/p. 766)

MOBILE exchanged with WASHINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1892, bien. sess., no. 514/p. 1174)

12 December 1894

CLAY exchanged with TALLADEGA. (Ala. Acts 1894, bien. sess., no. 35, secs. 1-2/pp. 55-56)

6 February 1895

COLBERT gained from LAWRENCE; FRANKLIN gained from COLBERT. (Ala. Acts 1894, bien. sess., no. 243/p. 408)

18 February 1895

BLOUNT gained small area from WALKER. (Ala. Acts 1894, bien. sess., no. 422/p. 810)

WASHINGTON gained small area from MOBILE. (Ala. Acts 1894, bien. sess., no. 450/p. 890)

13 February 1897

BULLOCK gained small area from PIKE. (Ala. Acts 1896, bien. sess., no. 359/p. 884)

16 December 1898

JEFFERSON gained small area from BLOUNT, exchanged with WALKER. (Ala. Acts 1898, bien. sess., loc., no. 147/p. 328)

7 February 1899

ST. CLAIR exchanged with SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1898, bien. sess., loc., no. 320/p. 679)

10 February 1899

ETOWAH gained from CALHOUN. (Ala. Acts 1898, bien. sess., loc., no. 389/p. 798)

1 October 1899

BIBB exchanged with SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1898, bien. sess., loc., no. 287/p. 580)

14 February 1901

DE KALB gained from CHEROKEE. (Ala. Acts 1900, bien. sess., no. 415/p. 1077)

28 February 1901

MOBILE gained small area from WASHINGTON. (Ala. Acts 1900, bien. sess., no. 800/p. 1937)

5 March 1901

WALKER exchanged with WINSTON. (Ala. Acts 1900, bien. sess., no. 1183/p. 2680)

23 April 1901

CULLMAN gained from BLOUNT. (Ala. Acts 1900, bien. sess., no. 881, secs. 1-3, 5, 7/pp. 2051-2053)

1 October 1901

CALHOUN exchanged with ETOWAH. (Ala. Acts 1900, bien. sess., no. 284, sec. 1/p. 789)

c. 1901

CLARKE exchanged small areas with WILCOX. (Rand, McNally, 1902, 154-155)

9 February 1903

HOUSTON created from DALE, GENEVA, and HENRY. (Ala. Acts 1903, bien. sess., gen., no. 27/p. 44)

30 September 1903

CALHOUN gained from CLEBURNE. (Ala. Acts 1903, bien. sess., loc., no. 389/p. 462)

30 June 1906

CLEBURNE gained from CALHOUN. (Ala. Rpts., 146:1)

2 March 1907

BIBB exchanged with SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1907, quad. sess., loc., no. 221, secs. 1-2/pp. 390-392)

5 March 1907

Southern boundary of ESCAMBIA was clarified to match state line, correcting mistake of 10 December 1868 [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1907, quad. sess., loc., no. 238/p. 403)

25 July 1907

CALHOUN exchanged with CLEBURNE. (Ala. Acts 1907, quad. sess., loc., no. 398/p. 519)

29 July 1907

CLEBURNE exchanged small areas with RANDOLPH. (Ala. Acts 1907, quad. sess., loc., no. 432/p. 553)

9 August 1907

ETOWAH gained small area from CALHOUN. (Ala. Acts 1907, quad. sess., loc., no. 701/p. 866)

6 August 1915

LEE gained small area from TALLAPOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1915, quad. sess., loc., no. 212/p. 170)

10 September 1915

JEFFERSON exchanged with ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1915, quad. sess., loc., no. 423/p. 322)

28 September 1915

JEFFERSON exchanged with ST. CLAIR. (Ala. Acts 1915, quad. sess., loc., no. 800/p. 490)

JEFFERSON exchanged with TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1915, quad. sess., loc., no. 819/p. 491)

9 August 1923

MONTGOMERY gained from ELMORE. (Ala. Acts 1923, quad. sess., loc., no. 128/p. 50)

14 September 1923

CALHOUN gained small area from ETOWAH [for location of the gain from ETOWAH see 1923_pt.shp; change too small to display on interactive map]. (Ala. Acts 1923, quad. sess., loc., no. 285/p. 179)

ETOWAH gained small area from CALHOUN.(Ala. Acts 1923, quad. sess., loc., no. 284/p. 179)

c. 1927

WALKER gained small area from TUSCALOOSA, ending boundary dispute dating from the nineteenth century. (Walker County Assessor's Office, correspondence, 10 Feb. 1990; Tuscaloosa County Tax Assessor's Office, correspondence, 1 Feb. 1990)

10 July 1931

ETOWAH gained from CHEROKEE. (Ala. Acts 1931, quad. sess., loc., no. 381/p. 173)

30 September 1932

LEE exchanged with RUSSELL. (Ala. Acts 1932, ext. sess., loc., no. 49/p. 16)

1 October 1943

JEFFERSON exchanged with SHELBY. (Ala. Acts 1943, reg. sess., loc., no. 293, secs. 1, 3/pp. 173, 177)

15 September 1953

CULLMAN gained from WALKER. (Ala. Acts 1953, reg. sess., no. 610/p. 868)

14 September 1963

COOSA exchanged small areas with TALLAPOOSA [mistake in description corrected 20 April 1965]. (Ala. Acts 1963, reg. sess., no. 503/p.1086)

20 April 1965

Boundary between COOSA and TALLAPOOSA was redefined, correcting mistake of 14 September 1963 [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1965, 1st spec. sess., no. 202/p. 271)

6 August 1976

BLOUNT gained small area from ETOWAH. (Ala. Acts 1976, reg. sess., no. 200/p. 215)

18 July 1979

Boundary between BIBB and CHILTON was redefined [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1979, reg. sess., no. 79-364/p. 581)

9 August 1979

JEFFERSON gained small area from SHELBY [change too small to display on interactive map; shapefile users see small_changes 1979_pt. for location]. (Ala. Acts 1979, reg. sess., no. 79-806/p. 1485; Shelby County Probate Court, correspondence, 15 Nov. 1989)

28 May 1980

BIBB exchanged small areas with TUSCALOOSA. (Ala. Acts 1980, reg. sess., no. 80-622/p. 1064)

18 July 1983

Boundaries of BALDWIN and MOBILE were redefined [no change]. (Ala. Acts 1983, reg. sess., no. 83-533, secs. 1-3, 6/pp. 831-832)