Place:Chambers, Alabama, United States

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NameChambers
Alt namesChamberssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates32.883°N 85.4°W
Located inAlabama, United States     (1832 - )
See alsoLee, Alabama, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Abanda
Blackman
Bosworth
Boyds
Buffalo
Chapel Hill
Clackville
Culebra
Cumbee Mill
Cusseta
Danway
Denson
Doublehead
Evansville
Finley
Five Points
Fordyce
Foster Crossroads
Fredonia
Hickory Flat
Huguley
Jones Mill
Judson
Kendall Crossroads
LaFayette
Lanett
Liberty Crossroads
Little Shawmut
Marcoot
McCosh Mill
Milltown
Moorefield
Nelson
New Harmony
Oak Bowery
Oakland
Old Atkinson Crossing
Osanippa
Penton
Piedmont Heights
Plant City
Red Level
Rock Fence
Rollins
Shiloh
Sikes
Standing Rock
Stroud
Sturkie
Tiller Crossroads
Trammel Crossroads
Tuckersburg
Union Hill
Valley
Wards Mill
Waverly
Welch
White Plains


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Chambers County is a county located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 34,772. Its county seat is LaFayette. Its largest city is Valley. Its name is in honor of Henry H. Chambers, who served as a United States Senator from Alabama.

Chambers County is included in the LaGrange, GA Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Columbus-Auburn-Opelika, AL Combined Statistical Area.

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History

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Prior to contact with people of European descent, what is now Chambers County was inhabited by the Creek nation.

Chambers County was established on December 18, 1832.

Pat Garrett, the lawman famed for killing outlaw Billy the Kid, was born near the town of Cusseta in 1850.

Joe Louis "The Brown Bomber", renowned heavyweight boxing champion, was born near LaFayette, on Buckalew Mountain, May 13, 1914.

In 1980, Chambers County joined its four mill villages to make the city of Valley. Today, it is the largest city in the county.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1832 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1833 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1833 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1853 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 17,333
1850 23,960
1860 23,214
1870 17,562
1880 23,440
1890 26,319
1900 32,554
1910 36,056
1920 41,201
1930 39,313
1940 42,146
1950 39,528
1960 37,828
1970 36,356
1980 39,191
1990 36,876
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Chambers County, Alabama, United States

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source: Family History Library Catalog


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