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Morgan County
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county in Alabama, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Alabama
- Founded
- February 6 , 1818
- Named after
- Daniel Morgan
- Seat
- Decatur
- Largest city
- Decatur
- Total
- 599 sq mi (1,550 km )
- Land
- 579 sq mi (1,500 km )
- Water
- 20 sq mi (52 km ) 3.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 126,483
- Density
- 213/sq mi (82.3/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 5th
- Website
- morgancounty-al .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Morgan County is a county in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 123,421. The county seat is Decatur. On June 14, 1821, it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. It is a prohibition or dry county, although alcohol sales are allowed in the cities of Decatur, Hartselle, and Priceville. 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 regions of Alabama.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morgan County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.