Morgan County, Alabama

Morgan County is a county in the north central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 123,421. The county seat is Decatur. The county was founded on February 6, 1818 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." 

 Bordering counties 
 Madison County (northeast)
 Marshall County (east)
 Cullman County (south)
 Lawrence County (west)
 Limestone County (northwest)

 Communities 

 Cities 
 Decatur (county seat; part of Decatur is in Limestone County)
 Hartselle

 Towns 
 Eva
 Falkville
 Priceville
 Somerville
 Trinity

 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 

Category:1818 establishments in Alabama Territory
Category:Alabama counties