Morgan County Alabama

Morgan County Alabama Map

Morgan County has a population of 119,490. The county seat is Decatur.

The county 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.

Cities: Decatur, Hartselled, Priceville, Trinity, Falkville, Somerville, Eva
Communities: Danville, Lacey’s Spring, Morgan City

Morgan County

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Battle of Decatur: 34.605925, -86.983342

Battle of Decatur Battle of Decatur The Battle of Decatur was a demonstration conducted from October 26 to October 29, 1864, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces of 3–5,000 men under Brig. Gen. Robert S. Granger prevented the 39,000 men of the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. John B. Hood from crossing the Tennessee River at Decatur, Alabama. Decatur, AL, United States