Description: Detailed large map of Alabama State, USA showing cities, towns, county formations, and a light highway network.
Alabama USA map. Map of Alabama Showing Cities, Counties, and Towns. Relying on this detailed map to place the full county grid in Alabama, every administrative capital (county seat) and major city and town within the state, bordering states and waters, and some highway cues for orientation only. Ideal map style for residents, travelers, and geography students who want clarity, but don’t want to see lots of roads.
This is a map showing all 67 counties, with headings and labels. In addition, each of them has its county seat highlighted on this map. The state line showing Alabama’s borders with its neighbors is labeled too. You can find what you’re looking for on the map, whether you’re interested in seeing a specific city, county boundary, or how Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile sit relative to each other. Everything here is labeled clearly enough that you can find it in seconds.
At first glance, the borders and water: Tennessee runs along the entire north edge through Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, and Jackson counties. From DeKalb to Houston County, Georgia traverses the entire length of its east side. The south edge from Baldwin across Houston County meets Florida and the Gulf of America; Mobile Bay and Dauphin Island mark the coast. On the Mississippi Sound, the western portion runs from Lauderdale to the south down to Mobile County. Mobile also touches the Mississippi Sound.
Orientation of Road-light: Placement Utilization of Limited Interstates Only. I-65 runs the full north-south spine from Mobile to the Tennessee line. The Tuscaloosa-Birmingham-Gadsden arc leads you to Georgia. I-85 takes you from Montgomery all the way to the Georgia line via Auburn and Opelika. The I-22 runs from the Mississippi line to Birmingham, and the I-10 runs along the coast of the Gulf. Five lines are enough to locate any city on the map without making it a tax on the road.
Alabama is a deep southern US state. In the north is Tennessee; in the east Georgia; in the south Florida and the Gulf of America; and in the west Mississippi. There are 67 counties in the state. In terms of surface area, Baldwin County is the largest.
It extends from Mobile Bay to the Florida border and covers about 1,590 square miles. Etowah is the smallest county, covering 535 square miles. Jefferson County, where Birmingham is located, is Alabama’s most populous county with a population of about 665,742.
Greene County is the least-populated county with a population of 7,067 people. Washington County, which was established on June 4, 1800, is the oldest county. Houston County is the youngest, which was created in 1903.
Overall, the area of Alabama is approximately 52,419 square miles. This area covers 50,744 square miles. Montgomery is the capital of Alabama and is located in Montgomery County, on the Alabama River near the center of the state.
Birmingham, which is located in the Central Hill Country, Mobile, which is located on the Gulf Coast, and Huntsville, which is located in the Tennessee Valley, enjoy the best-run metro systems in Alabama, which is known as a state in the Southeastern United States. This county map of Alabama features color-coded, labeled shapes for each of the state’s 67 counties, an advantage.
Every one of Alabama’s 67 counties and its seat, in alphabetical order: Autauga County (Prattville), Baldwin County (Bay Minette), Barbour County (Clayton), Bibb County (Centreville), Blount County (Oneonta), Bullock County (Union Springs), Butler County (Greenville), Calhoun County (Anniston), Chambers County (LaFayette), Cherokee County (Centre), Chilton County (Clanton), Choctaw County (Butler), Clarke County (Grove Hill), Clay County (Ashland), Cleburne County (Heflin), Coffee County (Elba and Enterprise), Colbert County (Tuscumbia), Conecuh County (Evergreen), Coosa County (Rockford), Covington County (Andalusia), Crenshaw County (Luverne), Cullman County (Cullman), Dale County (Ozark), Dallas County (Selma), DeKalb County (Fort Payne), Elmore County (Wetumpka), Escambia County (Brewton), Etowah County (Gadsden), Fayette County (Fayette), Franklin County (Russellville), Geneva County (Geneva), Greene County (Eutaw), Hale County (Greensboro), Henry County (Abbeville), Houston County (Dothan), Jackson County (Scottsboro), Jefferson County (Birmingham), Lamar County (Vernon), Lauderdale County (Florence), Lawrence County (Moulton), Lee County (Opelika), Limestone County (Athens), Lowndes County (Hayneville), Macon County (Tuskegee), Madison County (Huntsville), Marengo County (Linden), Marion County (Hamilton), Marshall County (Guntersville), Mobile County (Mobile), Monroe County (Monroeville), Montgomery County (Montgomery), Morgan County (Decatur), Perry County (Marion), Pickens County (Carrollton), Pike County (Troy), Randolph County (Wedowee), Russell County (Phenix City), St. Clair County (Ashville and Pell City), Shelby County (Columbiana), Sumter County (Livingston), Talladega County (Talladega), Tallapoosa County (Dadeville), Tuscaloosa County (Tuscaloosa), Walker County (Jasper), Washington County (Chatom), Wilcox County (Camden), and Winston County (Double Springs).
Begin at the northwest corner, where, contoured by shoals and bluffs, the Tennessee River doubles as a natural compass for this map. Lauderdale County, with its seat in Florence, is directly across the river from Colbert County.
Rogersville occupies the Lauderdale side. Athens is visible to the east in Limestone. Tuscumbia, the seat of Colbert County, contains the complete Muscle Shoals collection, which includes the cities of Tuscumbia, Sheffield, and Muscle Shoals itself, all within one county tile, with river bridges marking its northern edge.
Located in Franklin County, south of Colbert, the seat of Russellville conveniently lies amid the hills, as the road-light layer does not crowd out Phil Campbell’s small label. Located west of the Wheeler Reservoir shoreline, Lawrence County (seat, Moulton) has Courtland and Town Creek on the river flats. Athens is the seat of Limestone County, which lies between Huntsville and Florence. The I-65 marker is a light one because the focus is on county shading rather than the highway.
Madison County is anchored by the seat of Huntsville in North Alabama. It stretches from the east, Monte Sano, to Madison and Harvest in the west. I-565 is drawn lightly as an orientation line toward the airport and the Decatur corridor. Morgan County has Decatur, Hartselle, and Tennessee at the point on the aforementioned map.
The county’s main boundaries are treated here as crisp lines, with Mississippi and Georgia shaping the south and east respectively. Sitting on rolling plateau country midway between Birmingham and the Tennessee line is Cullman County, seat Cullman, south of the river. Through the farmland runs a barely visible north-south cue from I-65.
Situated west of Cullman, Winston County has Double Springs as its seat. Lewis Smith Lake is located in the southeast wedge, where the road layer remains constrained. Above all, it is a lake-and-forest country. The west-central uplands of Mississippi are where the seat, Hamilton, Marion County, is located, on an unassuming US-78 that connects to I-22. Jackson County, seat Scottsboro, back east, travels along Lake Guntersville’s upper arm to the Tennessee border; its mountain ridges are readable through the labels since the highways are kept light.
The boundaries of Marshall County (seat Guntersville) are the shore of Lake Guntersville. The places marked are Guntersville, Albertville, and Boaz. DeKalb County’s Fort Payne seat is located at the northeast corner of Lookout Mountain and Little River Canyon. Cherokee County, with the Center as the county seat, includes Weiss Lake and the Georgia state line. Center is found... Etowah County is the smallest county in the state of Alabama, and its seat is Gadsden, on the Coosa River between DeKalb and Calhoun. At about 535 square miles, the land area is easy to scan by the quiet US-431 cue and the southern reach of Lookout Mountain.
Make your way southwest to Alabama’s largest metropolitan area, where the county lines weave together around ridges and river valleys. Birmingham, the seat of Jefferson County, is the most populous county in Alabama. In the middle of the plaque are the city names Bessemer, Hoover, Trussville, and Gardendale.
The county border and the name of the city are easily legible on I-20/59, I-65, and I-459, which are lightly drawn. South of Jefferson County through Hoover, Pelham, Alabaster, and Helena - on the road to Columbiana, the seat of Shelby County - much of the way is easily read as London, the road sign near the end, which bears Lay Lake. The map of Blount County, the seat of Oneonta, shows ridges crossing it diagonally; Oneonta is by the Locust Fork bends and has a light US-231 cue to the south. The St. Clair County court and records have two seats: Ashville, to the north, and Pell City, on Logan Martin Lake.
Located southeast of Birmingham, Talladega County displays noticeable signs of growth. Calhoun County’s seat is Anniston, which is situated in the Choccolocco Valley between Anniston and Oxford, and just over the line to the north is Jacksonville. Shown here only lightly is the I-20, so the county’s color still dominates.
Cleburne County, also known as Heflin County, continues the mountain foothills to the Georgia line, south of Talladega National Forest. The central valley is home to Clay County, whose seat is Ashland, and which is forested upland. You can easily spot Wedowee by the notches the lake makes along its edges.
The Chattahoochee River of Georgia separates Valley and Lanett of Chambers County, with the county seat at LaFayette. Lake Martin fills the western half of Tallapoosa County, with the seat at Dadeville, Alexander City, and Dadeville all labeled. Located just above Montgomery, the seat of Wetumpka of Elmore County follows a dramatic bend in the Coosa River. Coosa County Town Rockford is a quiet upland area, located between Lake Martin and Lay Lake, with Rockford central to the tile.
The Black Warrior River is the central west guide. Tuscaloosa County’s seat, Tuscaloosa, has the river flowing beneath the University of Alabama campus, with a subtle I-20/59 line at Vance, carrying Birmingham. Pickens County is named for Andrew Pickens, a hero from the War of Independence. It has a sweet Mississippi border.
The seat is Carrollton, while Carrollton and Reform make you walk US-82 without clutter. Fayette County, seat Fayette, keeps its small-town labels fresh as the map foils heavy highway symbology across its hills and streams. Lamar County, with Vernon as its seat, is situated close to the state line. Located northwest of Birmingham, Walker County (the seat is Jasper) is lightly marked by US-78 and I-22 on the Black Warrior’s forks.
Greene County, which uses the Black Warrior’s loops as its main visual anchor, is located around the junction of Eutaw with I-20/59. Eutaw is Alabama’s least populous county. The Sumter County seat, Livingston, is well placed against the Mississippi line, with clear signs of a university town. York and Cuba appear along the US-11/I-59 run.
Hale County - with its seat in Greensboro - is located south of Tuscaloosa among Black Belt prairies. The color scheme makes it easy to scan. The boundaries of Perry County are basically rectangular and easily read, and the county seat is Marion.
Bibb County, whose seat is Centreville, is bordered by the Cahaba River and parts of the Talladega National Forest. It has a bit of US-82 to get you over to either Tuscaloosa or Chilton. Chilton County, with its seat of Clanton, is located along the I-65 corridor amid peach orchards with lakes occurring lightly east and west.
The Alabama River makes a large curve around the capital city, making Montgomery easy to spot on this map. Autauga County’s most graphic mapping depicts an extensive collection of traffic counts. Seat Prattville, located across the river from Montgomery, has had growth in Millbrook and the suburbs. The county linework remains solid. The map designates Montgomery County, the area’s seat, as the capital in bold. I-85 and US-231 are lightly sketched east and south of the designation, so the surrounding county tiles remain readable. Lowndes County is the seat of Hayneville and is located west of the capital in the Black Belt. Also, US-80 runs east and west as a subtle guide.
Lee County, with a seat in Opelika, includes the areas of Auburn and Opelika along I-85 near the Georgia line. Looking at the map, the county label for Macon County, seat Tuskegee, is light green and south of I-85. Forest labels remain legible due to the light-fitting sections along the road. Russell County is Phenix City, which is located on the Chattahoochee River opposite Columbus, Georgia. Eufaula is located on the east border of Walter F. George Lake in Barbour County, seat Clayton. In the southeast uplands of the Wiregrass, with Headland near the Houston line, Henry County, seat Abbeville, is located. Houston County, the seat of Dothan, occupies the tri-state corner with Florida and Georgia, helped by several light US-231/431 cues.
To the south and west of Montgomery, counties follow the Alabama River and the old prairie belt. The soft color blocks on this map make it easy to read these long counties. Dallas County’s County seat, Selma, straddles the Alabama River. US-80 is a quiet east-west line crossing at Montgomery and Demopolis. Camden is the county seat of Wilcox County, which lies within the forested river bends and backwaters.
Linden, the Marengo County seat, is where the Tombigbee and Black Warrior join south of Demopolis, a clean enough confluence with a restrained road layer. The county of Choctaw, the seat of which is Butler, has a bold line of Mississippi, Butler, and Gilbertown named. Grove Hill, Clarke County’s seat, lies near Jackson and Thomasville along navigable river corridors. Monroeville is the county seat of Monroe County and lies near the center along U.S. 84, which provides east-west access to Evergreen and Andalusia.
Conecuh County, whose seat is Evergreen, is a high, simple rectangle, with Evergreen near I-65. Greenville, the seat of Butler County, sits high on the I-65 ridgeline, with Georgiana just south toward Covington. The Georgia-Alabama boundary and the Tawasa River valley draw Crenshaw County, seat Luverne, US-331, north-south. Troy’s a university city (Troy University), its shape makes you follow US-231 north to Montgomery or south to Dothan. Union Springs is the seat of Bullock County, located east of Montgomery in the Prairie lands.
Known for Fort Novosel (formerly known as Fort Rucker), Dale County (seat Ozark) rings Fort Novosel with Ozark and Daleville close to the training grounds and the county boundary. Coffee County manages to hold on to both Enterprise and Elba, a rather unusual arrangement in these parts of Alabama. Enterprise is marked as close to the Dale line, while Elba is billed as the seat of county administration.
The shape of Geneva County is a zigzag. The county seat is Geneva, Florida. The vertices Geneva and Hartford are along US-231. The county is lightly drawn to the coast and river bottoms. Covington County is the county seat of Andalusia and is home to the cities of Andalusia, Opp, and Florala along the Florida Line, with clearly marked lakes.
The map features Washington County, Alabama’s oldest county, established in 1800, with its seat in Chatom, in the forest and river flats; the Tombigbee forms the county’s eastern boundary. Mobile County is located at the head of Mobile Bay. The interstate highways I-10 and I-65 appear as faint lines as they meet near the city - labeled as Tillman’s Corner, Theodore, and Prichard - while Dauphin Island and the Mississippi.
At around 1,590 square miles, Baldwin County, Alabama, is the largest county by land area in the state. It stretches from Spanish Fort, Daphne, and Fairhope all the way down to Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, with Perdido Bay marking the Florida line in the east. The county of Escambia - with Brewton as its seat - also has Atmore near the Florida line. Further, US-31 and I-65 provide light north-south cues.
The map is mainly centered on the four-river system. The counties to the west of the Tennessee River in northwestern Alabama are Colbert, Lawrence, Morgan, Madison, Jackson, Marshall, and Limestone.
The western-central counties, like Tuscaloosa, Walker, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Sumter, Choctaw, Clarke, and Washington, are drained into Mobile Bay by the Black Warrior-Tombigbee System.
The Gadsden, Anniston, Talladega, Wetumpka, Montgomery, Selma, and Camden are connected to the Mobile-Tensaw Delta by the Coosa-Tallapoosa-Alabama system. The eastern state line of the Chattahoochee River follows the counties of Chambers, Lee, Russell, Barbour, Henry, and Houston. By remembering these four rivers, along with the Gulf of America coastline at Mobile Bay, it is easy to locate any county on the map.
Cramming 67 counties, thousands of cities and towns, and a complete interstate network onto just one sheet is quite a challenge. This map solution makes the county the primary unit of analysis. Each of Alabama’s 67 counties is shaded as its own block. Every county seat is in bold. The road layer is kept very light rather than turn-by-turn.
This trade-off is an important one; The most real questions people ask about Alabama concern which county this city is in, which county seat handles my paperwork, which counties border Georgia. And do county questions come before road questions? After learning the county, the interstate cue and river on the map are enough to complete the picture without having to work through the exit numbers.
The population figures for the 10 most populous cities in Alabama come from the Harvard International Review. The latest estimates from the United States Census Bureau were used. They indicate that the city with the largest population is Huntsville, with just over 215,006 residents, and the city with the smallest population is Madison, with just over 56,933 residents. Other Cities clearly seen on the map were Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa.
Also prominent are the cities of Hoover, Auburn, Dothan, Decatur, and Madison in Alabama. Located in northern Alabama, Huntsville plays an important role in the state’s aerospace and defense economy. The area is home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and Redstone Arsenal.
The city of Birmingham, also located in the north but towards the south, enhances its health care and banking roles through the UAB medical complex. Mobile’s Port in Mobile, Alabama, drives shipbuilding and logistics along the Gulf Coast.
Dothan, in the Wiregrass section of the state, produces peanuts and engages in food processing, while Montgomery is the state’s capital. The automobile manufacturing process relies on an interstate spine, with car manufacturers and suppliers located around Tuscaloosa, Lincoln, Montgomery, and Huntsville. Farming still influences the overarching map of the state, too: poultry and timber to the southeast, catfish farming right through the west-central Black Belt, cotton and soya beans along with the river valleys statewide.
The cultural geography of Alabama closely follows its counties. Muscle Shoals Sound, a recording studio located in Sheffield and Muscle Shoals of Colbert County, has put North Alabama on the map for soul and rock music. Furthermore, gospel country institutions and traditions occur statewide.
Moundville in Hale County contains one of the largest Mississippian period prehistoric sites in the country, while the significant sites of the Civil Rights Movement are concentrated in Montgomery, Birmingham, and the Selma-to-Montgomery route through Dallas County. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Southern Alabama, and Troy University are all located in the state’s west-central sector. Higher education is also spread across the state, anchored by the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Auburn University in Lee County, and the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
This map shows Cheaha Mountain (Talladega Range, northeast) and the Tennessee, Black Warrior-Tombigbee, Coosa-Tallapoosa-Alabama, and Chattahoochee rivers for quick county reference. See our Physical Map of Alabama for information on elevation, terrain, watersheds, and land cover.
Alabama is classified as Humid subtropical throughout. Summers are hot and humid, while winters are mild. However, the winter cold snaps penetrate the northern hill counties and rarely reach the Gulf Coast. See our Physical Map of Alabama.
The main north-south route in Alabama is I-65, which runs from Mobile to the Tennessee line through Montgomery, Birmingham, Cullman, and Decatur. Alabama’s east-west travel occurs along several corridors. I-20/59 is a highway that runs from Mississippi to Georgia through Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Gadsden. Montgomery, Alabama, is linked to Georgia via I-85, which passes through Auburn and Opelika.
I-22 connects the northwestern area of Alabama to Birmingham. I-10 traverses Mobile County, but its western reaches are along the Gulf Coast of Florida. This Alabama interstate map shows I-459, I-359, I-759, I-565, and I-165 in and around Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Huntsville, and Mobile. Many people forget that in Alabama, ZIP codes don’t always follow county lines. A ZIP code can actually cover two counties. Make sure to review the county name by consulting the map or index, not by ZIP prefix.
Alabama has 67 counties, each shaded and labeled with its county seat.
Montgomery in Montgomery County, on the Alabama River near the center of the map.
Madison County, with suburban growth into Limestone County.
Jefferson County, with metro links into Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, Walker, Bibb, and Chilton.
Mobile is the seat of Mobile County at the head of Mobile Bay, opening to the Gulf of America.
From west to east: Baldwin, Escambia, Covington, Geneva, and Houston.
From north to south: DeKalb, Cherokee, Cleburne, Randolph, Chambers, Lee, Russell, Barbour, Henry, and Houston.
From north to south: Lauderdale, Colbert, Franklin, Marion, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter, Choctaw, Washington, and Mobile (across Mississippi Sound).
Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, and Jackson.
I-65, I-20/59, I-85, I-22, I-10, plus spurs I-459, I-359, I-759, I-565, and I-165.
In Lee County along I-85 near the Georgia line.
Tuscaloosa is the seat of Tuscaloosa County on the Black Warrior River.
Gadsden is in Etowah County on the Coosa River.
Anniston is in Calhoun County along the I-20 corridor.
Jefferson, Shelby, St. Clair, Blount, Walker, Bibb, and Chilton.
Yes. St. Clair County has Ashville and Pell City, and Coffee County has Elba and Enterprise.
Dothan is in Houston County in the southeast Wiregrass.
Florence is in Lauderdale County; Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, and Tuscumbia are in Colbert County.
Selma is in Dallas County on the Alabama River.
It spans parts of Bibb, Chilton, Talladega, Clay, and Cleburne.
In Russell County on the Chattahoochee River, opposite Columbus, Georgia.
Decatur is in Morgan County along the Tennessee River.
Mobile Bay, Dauphin Island, and beach cities in Baldwin County like Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.
No. Printing or copying maps from this site is not permitted.
Follow the Tennessee, Black Warrior-Tombigbee, Coosa-Tallapoosa-Alabama, and Chattahoochee labels.
DeKalb County.
Autauga County, just northwest of Montgomery.
Baldwin County has Bay Minette as the seat and beach cities Gulf Shores and Orange Beach.
Baldwin County, at about 1,590 square miles, stretching from Mobile Bay to the Florida line.
Etowah County, at about 535 square miles.
Jefferson County, home to Birmingham, with roughly 665,742 residents.
Greene County, with roughly 7,067 residents.
Huntsville, with about 215,006 residents, followed by Birmingham, Montgomery, and Mobile.
Washington County, established June 4, 1800.
No. This map is organized by county and city; ZIP code boundaries do not always match county lines.
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