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Where is Alabama located?

Location of Alabama on the map of the US
Location of Alabama on the map of the US

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the west by Mississippi on the south by Florida and a little seashore on the Gulf of Mexico, and finally on the east by Georgia.

Map of Alabama

Map of Alabama with cities rivers and roads
Map of Alabama with cities rivers and roads

Alabama counties map with the county seat cities

Alabama counties map with county seat cities
Alabama counties map with county seat cities

The U.S. state of Alabama has 67 counties. The table below lists all of them alphabetically with their County seat, their population and their area.

CountyCounty seatPopulationArea
Autauga CountyPrattville58,805594.44 sq mi
(1,540 km²)
Baldwin CountyBay Minette231,7671,589.78 sq mi
(4,118 km²)
Barbour CountyClayton25,223884.88 sq mi
(2,292 km²)
Bibb CountyCentreville22,293622.58 sq mi
(1,612 km²)
Blount CountyOneonta59,134644.78 sq mi
(1,670 km²)
Bullock CountyUnion Springs10,357622.80 sq mi
(1,613 km²)
Butler CountyGreenville19,051776.83 sq mi
(2,012 km²)
Calhoun CountyAnniston116,441605.87 sq mi
(1,569 km²)
Chambers CountyLaFayette34,772596.53 sq mi
(1,545 km²)
Cherokee CountyCentre24,971553.70 sq mi
(1,434 km²)
Chilton CountyClanton45,014692,85 sq mi
(1,794 km²)
Choctaw CountyButler12,665913.50 sq mi
(2,366 km²)
Clarke CountyGrove Hill23,0871,238.46 sq mi
(3,208 km²)
Clay CountyAshland14,236603.96 sq mi
(1,564 km²)
Cleburne CountyHeflin15,056560.10 sq mi
(1,451 km²)
Coffee CountyElba and Enterprise53,465678.97 sq mi
(1,759 km²)
Colbert CountyTuscumbia57,227592.62 sq mi
(1,535 km²)
Conecuh CountyEvergreen11,597850.16 sq mi
(2,202 km²)
Coosa CountyRockford10,387650.93 sq mi
(1,686 km²)
Covington CountyAndalusia37,5701,030.46 sq mi
(2,669 km²)
Crenshaw CountyLuverne13,194608.84 sq mi
(1,577 km²)
Cullman CountyCullman87,866734.84 sq mi
(1,903 km²)
Dale CountyOzark49,326561.15 sq mi
(1,453 km²)
Dallas CountySelma38,462978.69 sq mi
(2,535 km²)
DeKalb CountyFort Payne71,608777.09 sq mi
(2,013 km²)
Elmore CountyWetumpka87,977618.48 sq mi
(1,602 km²)
Escambia CountyBrewton36,757945.08 sq mi
(2,448 km²)
Etowah CountyGadsden103,436534.99 sq mi
(1,386 km²)
Fayette CountyFayette16,321627.66 sq mi
(1,626 km²)
Franklin CountyRusselville32,113633.82 sq mi
(1,642 km²)
Geneva CountyGeneva26,659574.41 sq mi
(1,488 km²)
Greene CountyEutaw7,730647.11 sq mi
(1,676 km²)
Hale CountyGreensboro14,785643.94 sq mi
(1,668 km²)
Henry CountyAbbeville17,146561.75 sq mi
(1,455 km²)
Houston CountyDothan107,202579.82 sq mi
(1,502 km²)
Jackson CountyScottsboro52,5791,077.87 sq mi
(2,792 km²)
Jefferson CountyBirmingham674,7211,111.28 sq mi
(2,878 km²)
Lamar CountyVernon13,972604.85 sq mi
(1,567 km²)
Lauderdale CountyFlorence93,564667.70 sq mi
(1,729 km²)
Lawrence CountyMoulton33,073690.68 sq mi
(1,789 km²)
Lee CountyOpelika174,241607.54 sq mi
(1,574 km²)
Limestone CountyAthens103,570559.94 sq mi
(1,450 km²)
Lowndes CountyHayneville10,311715.91 sq mi
(1,854 km²)
Macon CountyTuskegee19,532608.89 sq mi
(1,577 km²)
Madison CountyHuntsville388,153801.59 sq mi
(2,076 km²)
Marengo CountyLinden19,323976.88 sq mi
(2,530 km²)
Marion CountyHamilton29,341742.29 sq mi
(1,923 km²)
Marshall CountyGuntersville97,612565.84 sq mi
(1,466 km²)
Mobile CountyMobile414,8091,229.44 sq mi
(3.184 km²)
Monroe CountyMonroeville19,7721,025.67 sq mi
(2,656 km²)
Montgomery CountyMontgomery228,954784.25 sq mi
(2,031 km²)
Morgan CountyDecatur123,421579.34 sq mi
(1,500 km²)
Perry CountyMarion8,511719.66 sq mi
(1,864 km²)
Pickens CountyCarrollton19,123881.41 sq mi
(2,283 km²)
Pike CountyTroy33,009672.09 sq mi
(1,741 km²)
Randolph CountyWedowee21,967580.55 sq mi
(1,504 km²)
Russell CountyPhenix City59,183641.14 sq mi
(1,661 km²)
St. Clair CountyAshville and Pell City91,103631.90 sq mi
(1,637 km²)
Shelby CountyColumbiana223,024784.93 sq mi
(2,033 km²)
Sumter CountyLivingston12,345903.89 sq mi
(2,341 km²)
Talladega CountyTalladega82,149736.78 sq mi
(1,908 km²)
Tallapoosa CountyDadeville41,311716.52 sq mi
(1,856 km²)
Tuscaloosa CountyTuscaloosa227,0361,321.75 sq mi
(3,423 km²)
Walker CountyJasper65,342791.19 sq mi
(2,049 km²)
Washington CountyChatom15,3881,080.21 sq mi
(2,798 km²)
Wilcox CountyCamden10,600888.50 sq mi
(2,301 km²)
Winston CountyDouble Springs23,540612.98 sq mi
(1,588 km²)

Protected areas

Map of the protected areas in Alabama
Map of the protected areas in Alabama

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument

Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument - 16th Street Baptist Church
Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument – 16th Street Baptist Church

The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument is located in Birmingham. It was established in 2017 to protect and commemorate the Civil Rights Movement. This movement was active between 1954 and 1968 to end legalized racial discrimination and segregation in the United States. Birmingham is indeed an important place of the anti racial movements. Birmingham was called nothing less than the most segregated city in the country by Martin Luther King Jr. It is from this city that he also write the Letter from Birmingham Jail.

Freedom Riders National Monument

The Freedom Riders National Monument is located in Anniston. It was also established in 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement. The Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses with mixed racial groups, which was against local laws. The National Monument is made of the former Greyhound bus depot in the downtown of Anniston where a bus of the Freedom Riders was attacked on May 14, 1961 and the second place is the site where the bus was finally burned, outside the town.

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park

The Horseshoe Bend National Military Park is located in the Tallapoosa County in Alabama on the place of the last battle of the Creek War on March 27, 1814. This battle (called the Battle of Horseshoe Bend) was opposing Tennessee militia, U.S. Infantry, Cherokee and Lower Creek who won from the Upper Creek Red Stick Nation.

Little River Canyon National Preserve

Little River Canyon National Preserve
Little River Canyon National Preserve

The Little River Canyon National Preserve is a United States National Preserve located in the Cherokee and DeKalb Counties. The preserve is 15,288 acres (61.87 km²). The Little River flows in this preserve and formed a Canyon. The river is known to be among the cleanest and wildest river in South of the U.S. The river has three major waterfalls: DeSoto Falls, Little River Falls and the seasonal Grace’s High Falls.

Russell Cave National Monument

Russell Cave National Monument
Russell Cave National Monument

The Russell Cave National Monument is located northeast of Alabama close to the town of Bridgeport, in the Jackson County. The Russell Cave is exceptional by his very large main entrance and it was used as a shelter by prehistoric Indians for thousands of years.

Selma to Montgomery National Historical Trail

The Selma to Montgomery National Historical Trail is also a commemoration of the racial segregation in this part of the U.S. The trail is 54 mil (87 km) and it commemorates the Selma to Montgomery marches that happens in 1965 to support the Voting Rights Acts that prohibits the racial segregation.

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

This historical site is located in the city of Tuskegee in the Macon County. This site commemorates the primary flight training site of African-American airmen in the World War II

Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site

This site, also called the Tuskegee University, is a private University that has played a big role in the higher education of African-American.

National Forests

Map of the National Forests in Alabama
Map of the National Forests in Alabama

The state of Alabama has also 3 National Forests: Conecuh National Forest, Talladega National Forest and William B. Bankhead National Forest.

Must see in Alabama

Map of the places to visit in Alabama
Map of the places to visit in Alabama

Birmingham ***

Birmingham Museum of Art ***

The Birmingham Museum of Art has one of the most impressive collections int the Southeastern United States of paintings, sculptures… of different cultures, including African, American, Asian, European, Native American and Pre-Columbian. Among other is the collection of Asian art of particular interest.

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute **

The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a museum and research center dedicated on the Civil Rights Movements of the 1950s and 1960s that fight to end the racial segregation.

Birmingham Zoo **

The zoo of Birmingham is small in comparison to big city zoos, but has a wide variety of animals with approximately 550 animals of 195 species, which include among others sea lions, rhinos, elephants and lions.

Cathedral Caverns State Park ***

Cathedral Cavern was originally called the Bat Cave, but was renamed because of its cathedral-like appearance. Cathedral Caverns has many amazing features that are really unique. Its huge opening measures 126 feet (38,4 m) wide and 25 feet (7,6 m) high, which make it very unique. The cave is considered to have the largest stalagmites in the world with 45 feet (13,7 m) tall and 243 feet (74 m) in circumference.

Gulf State Park ***

Gulf State Park
Gulf State Park

Gulf State Park is the place to visit for great outdoor vacations. The park is located on the Gulf of Mexico and is composed of a large beach area, marshland, boggy streams, pine forest and spring-fed, freshwater, lakes.

Little River Canyon National Preserve ***

The DeSoto waterfall
The DeSoto waterfall

Like is name let it understand this National Preserve is composed of a Canyon, but it has also 3 waterfalls. The DeSoto waterfall located in the DeSoto State Park is worth the walk. More information in the protected area section.

U.S. Space and Rocket Center ***

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center

The U.S. Space and Rocket Center is a museum showcasing rockets, achievements and artifacts of the U.S. space program. The place is really a must to visit for anyone who is interested in space and rocketry.

Oak Mountain State Park **

The Oak Mountain State Park is located around 20 miles (32 km) south of Birmingham and it is the largest park in the state. The park has gorgeous views and includes a lot of activities like, among others, horseback riding, golf, kayak, paddle and swimming area.

Russell Cave National Monument **

More information in the protected area section.