FORMATION OF ALABAMA COUNTIES COUNTY - YEAR CREATED - FORMED FROM AUTAUGA COUNTY - 1818 - Montgomery County BALDWIN COUNTY - 1809 - Washington County BARBOUR COUNTY - 1832 - Pike County & Creek Cession of 1832 BIBB COUNTY - 1818 - Monroe County. Originally called Cahawba BLOUNT COUNTY - 1818 - Creek Cession of 1814 BULLOCK COUNTY - 1866 - Barbour, Macon, Montgomery & Pike Counties BUTLER COUNTY - 1819 - Conecuh & Monroe Counties CALHOUN COUNTY - 1832 - Creek Cession of 1832 CHAMBERS COUNTY - 1832 Creek Cession of 1832 CHEROKEE COUNTY - 1836 Cherokee Cession of 1835 CHILTON COUNTY - 1868 - Autauga, Bibb, Perry & Shelby Counties. Originally called Baker County CHOCTAW COUNTY - 1847 - Sumter & Washington Counties CLARKE COUNTY - 1812 - Washington County CLAY COUNTY - 1866 - Randolph & Talladega Counties CLEBURNE COUNTY - 1866 - Calhoun, Randolph & Talladega Counties COFFEE COUNTY - 1841 - Dale County COLBERT COUNTY - 1867 - Franklin County CONECUH COUNTY - 1818 - Monroe County COOSA COUNTY - 1832 - Creek Cession of 1832 COVINGTON COUNTY - 1821 - Henry County CRENSHAW COUNTY - 1866 - Butler, Coffee, Covington, Lowndes & Pike Counties CULLMAN COUNTY - 1877 - Blount, Morgan & Winston Counties DALE COUNTY - 1824 - Covington, Henry, Barbour & Pike Counties DALLAS COUNTY - 1818 - Montgomery & Monroe Counties DEKALB COUNTY - 1836 - Cherokee Cession of 1835 ELMORE COUNTY - 1866 - Autauga, Coosa, Montgomery & Tallapoosa Counties ESCAMBIA COUNTY - 1868 - Baldwin & Conecuh Counties ETOWAH COUNTY - 1866 - Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, DeKalb, Marshall & St. Clair Counties. Originally Baine County FAYETTE COUNTY - 1824 - Tuscaloosa & Marion Counties FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1818 - Chickasaw Territory GENEVA COUNTY - 1868 - Dale, Henry & Coffee Counties GREENE COUNTY - 1819 - Marengo & Tuscaloosa Counties HALE COUNTY - 1867 - Greene, Marengo, Perry & Tuscaloosa Counties HENRY COUNTY - 1819 - Conecuh County HOUSTON COUNTY - 1903 - Dale, Geneva & Henry Counties JACKSON COUNTY - 1819 - Cherokee Territory JEFFERSON COUNTY - 1819 - Blount County LAMAR COUNTY - 1867 - Marion & Fayette Counties. Originally Jones Co. & later became Sanford County LAUDERDALE COUNTY - 1818 - Originally Elk Co. created from Indian Territory LAWRENCE COUNTY - 1818 - Cherokee & Chickasaw Cession of 1816 LEE COUNTY - 1866 - Chambers, Russell, Macon & Tallapoosa Counties LIMESTONE COUNTY - 1818 - Orig. Elk County created from Indian Territory LOWNDES COUNTY - 1830 - Butler, Dallas & Montgomery Counties MACON COUNTY - 1832 - Creek Cession of 1832 MADISON COUNTY - 1808 - Mississippi Territory MARENGO COUNTY - 1818 - Choctaw Cession of 1816 MARION COUNTY - 1818 - Tuscaloosa County MARSHALL COUNTY - 1836 - Jackson & Blount Counties & Cherokee Cession MOBILE COUNTY - 1812/3 - Mississippi Territory & Baldwin County MONROE COUNTY - 1815 - Creek Cession of 1814 MONTGOMERY COUNTY - 1816 - Mississippi Territory MORGAN COUNTY - 1818 - Cherokee Cession PERRY COUNTY - 1819 - Creek Cession of 1814 PICKENS COUNTY - 1820 - Tuscaloosa County PIKE COUNTY - 1821 - Henry & Montgomery Counties RANDOLPH COUNTY - 1832 - Creek Cession of 1832 RUSSELL COUNTY - 1832 - Creek Cession of 1832 SAINT CLAIR COUNTY - 1818 Shelby County SHELBY COUNTY - 1817 - Montgomery County SUMTER COUNTY - 1832 - Choctaw Cession of 1830 TALLADEGA COUNTY - 1832 Creek Cession of 1832 TALLAPOOSA COUNTY - 1832 - Creek Cession of 1832 TUSCALOOSA COUNTY - 1818 - Cherokee & Choctaw Cession of 1816 WALKER COUNTY - 1824 - Tuscaloosa & Marion Counties WASHINGTON COUNTY - 1800 - Mississippi Territory WILCOX COUNTY - 1819 - Monroe & Dallas Counties WINSTON COUNTY - 1850 - Walker County Source: "Old Sparta & Elba Land Office Records & Military Warrants 1822-1860" by Marilyn Davis Hahn