Marshall County, Alabama

Marshall County
Marshall County
County
	Marshall County Courthouse in Guntersville
	Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
	Alabama's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 34°22′05″N 86°18′14″W / 34.368055555556°N 86.303888888889°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	January 9, 1836
Named for	John Marshall
Seat	Guntersville
Largest city	Albertville
Area
• Total	623 sq mi (1,610 km2)
• Land	566 sq mi (1,470 km2)
• Water	57 sq mi (150 km2) 9.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	97,612
• Estimate (2023)	100,756
• Density	160/sq mi (60/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.marshallco.org
	County Number 50 on Alabama Licence Plates;

Marshall County is a county of the state of Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 97,612.^[1] Its county seat is Guntersville.^[2] A second courthouse is in Albertville. Its name is in honor of John Marshall, famous Chief Justice of the United States.^[3] Marshall County is a dry county, with the exception of the five cities of Albertville, Arab, Grant, Guntersville, and Boaz. Marshall County comprises the Albertville, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Huntsville-Decatur-Albertville, AL Combined Statistical Area.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 200.