Place:Coosa, Alabama, United States
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NameCoosa
Alt namesCoosasource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates32.933°N 86.233°W
Located inAlabama, United States     (1832 - )
See alsoElmore, Alabama, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Aucheucaula
Inhabited place
Bentleyville
Blue Springs
Bradford
Cottage Grove
Crewsville
Dollar
Equality
Fishpond
Gold Branch
Goodwater
Hanover
Hatchet
Hidden Valley
Hillwood
Hissop
Holman Crossroads
Jon
Kellys Crossroads
Kellyton
Keyno
Lyle
Marble Valley
Moriah
Mount Olive
Parkdale
Pentonville
Pinthlocco
Quinsey
Ray
Richville
Rockford
Schley
Sehoya
Socapatoy
Soleo
Speed
Stewartville
Strickland Crossroads
Travelers Rest
Tyler Ford
Unity
Welona
Weogufka
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Coosa County is located in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census the population was 10,387. Its county seat is Rockford. Its name derives from a town of the Creek tribe and the Coosa River, which forms one of the county borders.

Coosa County is included in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area.

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History

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The county was established on December 18, 1832, formed from parts of Montgomery and Shelby counties. It gained a small snippet from Montgomery County in 1837 and lost a portion to the south upon the creation of Elmore County in 1866.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1832 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1832 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1834 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1834 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
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1878 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
1840 6,995
1850 14,543
1860 19,273
1870 11,945
1880 15,113
1890 15,906
1900 16,144
1910 16,634
1920 14,839
1930 12,460
1940 13,460
1950 11,766
1960 10,726
1970 10,662
1980 11,377
1990 11,063
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Coosa County, Alabama, United States

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