Morgan County, Alabama

Morgan County
Morgan County
County
	The Morgan County Courthouse in Decatur
	Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
	Alabama's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 34°27′06″N 86°51′26″W / 34.451666666667°N 86.857222222222°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	February 6, 1818
Named for	Daniel Morgan
Seat	Decatur
Largest city	Decatur
Area
• Total	599 sq mi (1,550 km2)
• Land	579 sq mi (1,500 km2)
• Water	20 sq mi (50 km2) 3.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	123,421
• Estimate (2023)	125,133
• Density	210/sq mi (80/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	5th
Website	morgancounty-al.gov
	County Number 52 on Alabama Licence Plates;

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.^[2] The county seat is Decatur.^[3] On June 14, 1821, it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia.^[4] 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.

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference AL-1818-Est-Cotaco-Co was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ 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." Archived December 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine