Fayette County, Alabama

Fayette County
Fayette County
County
	Fayette County courthouse in Fayette
	Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
	Alabama's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 33°43′12″N 87°44′19″W / 33.72°N 87.738611111111°W
Country	United States
State	Alabama
Founded	December 20, 1824
Named for	Marquis de Lafayette
Seat	Fayette
Largest city	Fayette
Area
• Total	629 sq mi (1,630 km2)
• Land	628 sq mi (1,630 km2)
• Water	1.7 sq mi (4 km2) 0.3%
Population (2020)
• Total	16,321
• Estimate (2023)	15,967
• Density	26/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
	County Number 32 on Alabama Licence Plates;

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,321.^[1] Its county seat is Fayette. Its name is in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette^[2] (or de la Fayette), who aided General George Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 124.