Cleburne County, Alabama

Cleburne County
Cleburne County
County
	Cleburne County Courthouse in Heflin in 2012
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	Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
	Alabama's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°40′38″N 85°30′09″W / 33.6772°N 85.5025°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	December 6, 1866
Named for	Patrick Cleburne
Seat	Heflin
Largest city	Heflin
Area
• Total	561 sq mi (1,450 km2)
• Land	560 sq mi (1,500 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2 km2) 0.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	15,056
• Estimate (2023)	15,639
• Density	27/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	www.cleburnecounty.us
	County Number 18 on Alabama Licence Plates;

Cleburne County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,056.^[1] Its county seat is Heflin.^[2] Its name is in honor of Patrick R. Cleburne of Arkansas^[3] who rose to the rank of major general in the Confederate States Army. The eastern side of the county borders the state of Georgia.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 84.