The state is divided into 67 counties, named: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, and Winston.
Ala. Code § 11-1-1
Number and Names of Counties.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Manley v. Mobile County, Ala. (1977)
Most recently applied in 974 F. Supp. 2d 1372 - SouthBARK, Inc. v. Mobile County Commission (September 2013)
(Code 1852, §25; Code 1867, §26; Code 1876, §23; Code 1886, §23; Code 1896, §1396; Code 1907, §121; Code 1923, §179; Code 1940, T. 12, §1.)
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