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In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama. By 1840, 49 counties had been created; 52 by 1850; 65 by 1870; and the present 67 counties by 1903. [6] Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903. [3]
Map showing dry (red), wet (blue), and mixed (yellow) counties/parishes/boroughs in the United States as of May 2019. The following list of dry areas by U.S. state details all of the counties, parishes, boroughs, and municipalities in the United States of America that ban the sale of alcoholic beverages.
The states selected were Alabama (15 counties), Kentucky (12 counties), North Carolina (12 counties), Tennessee (14 counties), Virginia (12 counties), and West Virginia (15 counties). Map showing the 80 counties included in the 1982 report by the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force
The following list contains the 420 counties and eight independent cities that comprise the region of Appalachia as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The ARC was established by the United States federal government in 1965 to alleviate poverty in the Appalachian region, and currently monitors areas in 13 states.
Randolph County is the largest by area at 1,040 square miles (2,694 km 2), and Hancock County is the smallest at 83 square miles (215 km 2). [8] Kanawha County contributed land to the founding of 12 West Virginia counties [12] and has the largest population (174,805 in 2023). Wirt County has the smallest population (5,000 in 2023). [13]
Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. The population of the city was 16,039 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth-most populous city in West Virginia. [ 3] It is the principal city of the Clarksburg micropolitan area, which had a population of ...
Map illustrating Alabama's census county divisions. The State of Alabama is divided into 67 counties. All counties are further subdivided into census county divisions (CCD). [1] A CCD is a relatively permanent statistical area delineated cooperatively by the Census Bureau and state and local government authorities.
Appalachian Plateau. Coordinates: 40°N 78°W. Appalachian Plateau province of Appalachian Highlands division. The Appalachian Plateau is a series of rugged dissected plateaus located on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains. The Appalachian Mountains are a range that run from Nova Scotia in Canada to Alabama in the United States.