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Autauga County, Alabama History and Genealogy
Completely updated website, you can now find most of the available online records and history for this county. We’ve added biographies, cemeteries, census, church, court, death, marriage, and will pages to this county website.
Autauga County, Alabama was established by an act of the territorial legislature, passed November 21,1818, and lies in the center of the State. The territory was taken from Montgomery county. Its name is derived from the large creek which flows through its center, and is said to signify "land of plenty" in the Indian tongue. It is bounded on the north by Baker, east by Elmore, south by Lowndes, and west by Dallas. It has an area of about 660 square miles.
Autauga has but little eventful history. It was settled earlier than any of the counties around it. The following information is a list of the data and records available on the website for Autauga County, AL.
Early Settlers of Autauga County, Alabama
Autauga County Alabama Officials 1819-1870
Biographies for Autauga County, Alabama
Cemetery Records for Autauga County, Alabama
Census Records for Autauga County, Alabama
Church Records for Autauga County, Alabama
Court Records for Autauga County, Alabama
Death Records for Autauga County, Alabama
Marriage Records for Autauga County, Alabama
Newspapers for Autauga County, Alabama
Based in part on: Alabama, her history, resources, war record, and public men: from 1540 to 1872, Brewer, Willis, Montgomery, Ala.: Barrett & Brown, 1872.