Chilton County, Alabama

Chilton County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama.  In 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned a new vessel, the USS Chilton, in honor of Chilton County. In 2020, the population was 45,014. The county seat is Clanton.  

The county is known for its peaches and its unique landscape. It is home to swamps, prairies and mountains due to the foothills of the Appalachians.  It also has the Coosa River basin and is close to the Black Belt Prairie.

 History 
Baker County was formed on December 30, 1868.  It was named for Alfred Baker, with its county seat at Grantville. Residents of the county asked the Alabama legislature for the renaming of their county. In 1874, they chose the name Chilton County. William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810–1871), was a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Later he represented Montgomery County in the Congress of the Confederate States of America. It is not known when the county seat was moved.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which  is land and  (1.1%) is water.

Major highways
20px Interstate 65
20px U.S. Highway 31
20px U.S. Highway 82
20px State Route 22
20px State Route 139
20px State Route 145
20px State Route 155

Adjacent counties
Shelby County (north)
Coosa County (east)
Elmore County (southeast)
Autauga County (south)
Perry County (southwest)
Dallas County (southwest)
Bibb County (northwest)

National protected area
 Talladega National Forest (part)

Settlements
Cities
Calera
Clanton

Towns
Jemison
Maplesville
Thorsby
Verbena

Unincorporated communities
Isabella
Mountain Creek
Stanton

References

Category:Alabama counties
Category:1868 establishments in Alabama