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- source: Family History Library Catalog
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Morgan County is the most populous county in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the second most populous county in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area in the U.S. State of Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Territorial legislature on February 6, 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the Treaty of Turkeytown, and was originally called Cotaco County. On June 14, 1821 it was renamed in honor of American Revolutionary War General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. As of the 2010 census the population was 119,490. The county seat is Decatur, and it is a prohibition or dry county, though the City of Decatur is wet.
Morgan County is also a part of the North, Northwest, and North-Central regions of Alabama.
History
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Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1818 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1818 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1818 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1820 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1821 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1983 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1820 | 5,263
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| 1830 | 9,062
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| 1840 | 9,841
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| 1850 | 10,125
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| 1860 | 11,335
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| 1870 | 12,187
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| 1880 | 16,428
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| 1890 | 24,089
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| 1900 | 28,820
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| 1910 | 33,781
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| 1920 | 40,196
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| 1930 | 46,176
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| 1940 | 48,148
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| 1950 | 52,924
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| 1960 | 60,454
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| 1970 | 77,306
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| 1980 | 90,231
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| 1990 | 100,043
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Note: Morgan's 1820-30 census boundaries were the same as those of 1850-1870 and nearly the same as those of 1880-1990.
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