 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. the county seat is decatur. the county was created by the alabama territorial legislature on february 6, 1818 from land acquired from the cherokee indians in the treaty of turkeytown, and was originally called cotaco county.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." on june 14, 1821 it was renamed in honor of american revolutionary war general daniel morgan of virginia.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." it is a prohibition or dry county, though the city of decatur is wet. morgan county is included in the decatur, al metropolitan statistical area, which is also included in the huntsville-decatur-albertville, al combined statistical area. it is a part of the north, northwest, and north-central 
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