Morgan County, Alabama

Morgan County is a county in the north central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 119,490.[1] The county seat is Decatur.[2] The county was founded on February 6, 1818 and was originally called Cotaco County.[3] On June 14, 1821, it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia.[4]

Bordering counties

Communities

Cities

Towns

Unincorporated communities
  • Basham
  • Brooksville
  • Burningtree Mountain
  • Danville
  • Hulaco
  • Lacey's Spring
  • Morgan City (partly in Marshall County)
  • Moulton Heights
  • Neel
  • Pence
  • Ryan Crossroads
  • Six Mile
  • Six Way
  • Union Hill
  • Valhermoso Springs

Ghost town
  • Lacon

References
  1. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Acts Passed at the First Session of the First General Assembly, of the Alabama Territory: In the Forty Second Year of American Independence (1818). St. Stephens, Alabama, printed by Thomas Eastin. Reprinted T.L. Cole, Washington, D.C., July 1912. Pages 8-12. "An Act to establish the counties of Cotaco, Lawrence and Franklin...Approved-6th February, 1818." Archived 2010-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Acts Passed at the Called Session of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama Begun and Held in the Town of Cahawba, on the First Monday in June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty One (1821). Cahawba, Alabama: Printed by Allen & Brickell, State Printers. Reprint by Statute Law Book Co., Washington, D.C. Nov. 1913. Page 40. "An Act to change the name of Ococoposa, and for other purposes...Approved, June 14, 1821." Archived December 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
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