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Alabama (/ˌæləˈbæmə/ ^ⓘ, AL-ə-BAM-ə) is a state in the Southeastern and Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area, and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states.

Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Alabama's capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville. Its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists (Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. Greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center. Politically, as part of the Deep South, or "Bible Belt", Alabama is a predominantly conservative state and is known for its Southern culture. Within Alabama, American football, particularly at the college level, plays a major part of the state's culture.

Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the American Revolutionary War. Spain held Mobile as part of Spanish West Florida until 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major producer of cotton and widely used African American slave labor. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the American Civil War, Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a few cash crops being the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed Jim Crow laws from the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the Selma to Montgomery marches made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. (Full article...)

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The U.S. state of Alabama has 67 counties. Each county serves as the local level of Alabama government within its borders. The land enclosed by the present state borders was joined to the United States of America gradually. Following the American Revolutionary War, West Florida was ceded to Spain by treaty while the remainder was organized primarily as the Mississippi Territory, and later the Alabama Territory. The territorial assembly established some of the earliest county divisions that have survived to the present, including the earliest county formation, that of Washington County, created on June 4, 1800. In 1814, the Treaty of Fort Jackson opened the territory to American settlers, which in turn led to a more rapid rate of county creation. Alabama was admitted to the Union as the 22nd state in 1819. The Alabama state legislature formed additional counties from former native lands as the Indian Removal Act took effect and settlers populated different areas of Alabama. In 1820, Alabama had 29 counties. By 1830 there were 36 and Native Americans still occupied large areas of land in northeast and far western Alabama. By 1840, 49 counties had been created; 52 by 1850; 65 by 1870; and the present 67 counties by 1903. Houston County was the last county created in the state, on February 9, 1903.

According to 2024 U.S. Census data, the average population of Alabama's 67 counties is 76,981, with Jefferson County as the most populous (664,744), and Greene County (7,127) the least. The average land area is 756 sq mi (1,958 km²). The largest county is Baldwin (1,590 sq mi, 4,118 km²) and the smallest is Etowah (535 sq mi, 1,386 km²). The Constitution of Alabama requires that any new county in Alabama cover at least 600 square miles (1,600 km²) in area, effectively limiting the creation of new counties in the state. (Full article...)

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Terrell Eldorado Owens (/ˈtɛrəl/; born December 7, 1973) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Also known by his initials "T.O.", Owens ranks third in NFL career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns. He is regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time.

Owens played college football for the Chattanooga Mocs and was selected in the third round of the 1996 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers. He was a member of the team for seven seasons until he was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004. Two years later, he signed with the Dallas Cowboys, where he spent three seasons. Owens' NFL career concluded after one season each with the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals. He later played for the Allen Wranglers of the Indoor Football League (IFL) in 2012 and last played professionally with Fan Controlled Football (FCF) in 2022. (Full article...)

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Image 1Flag of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 2Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Tuscaloosa County was the first automotive facility to locate within the state. (from Alabama)
Image 3Regions Field in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 4Bryant–Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 5Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 6Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 7Republican Kay Ivey is the governor of Alabama as of 2025. (from Alabama)
Image 8Ono Island in Baldwin County (from Alabama)
Image 91725 map of Mobile, Alabama's first permanent European settlement (from History of Alabama)
Image 10Blast furnaces such as the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company's Ensley Works made Birmingham an important center for iron production in the early 20th century. (from History of Alabama)
Image 11A stand of Cahaba lilies (Hymenocallis coronaria) in the Cahaba River, within the Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge (from Alabama)
Image 12The Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, one of the largest shopping centers in the southeast (from Alabama)
Image 13Airbus Mobile Engineering Center at the Brookley Aeroplex in Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 141823 Map of Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 15William J. Samford Hall at Auburn University (from Alabama)
Image 16The former Mount Sinai School in rural Autauga County, completed in 1919. It was one of the 387 Rosenwald Schools built in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 17Mobile is the birthplace of Mardi Gras in the U.S. (from Alabama)
Image 18Vestavia Hills High School in the suburbs of Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 19Alabama's beaches are one of the state's major tourist destinations. (from Alabama)
Image 20The inauguration of Jefferson Davis in Montgomery on February 18, 1861. (from History of Alabama)
Image 21Members of the Alabama state legislature on the steps of the Capitol in Montgomery during Reconstruction (1872) (from History of Alabama)
Image 22Von Braun Center in Huntsville (from Alabama)
Image 23Senator Doug Jones won a special election in 2017. (from Alabama)

Map of counties in Alabama by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

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Image 25Aerial view of the port of Mobile (from Alabama)
Image 26Mississippi Territory changes 1798–1817. (from History of Alabama)
Image 27The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail has a large economic impact on the state. (from Alabama)
Image 28The Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building in Montgomery. It houses the Supreme Court of Alabama, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, and Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. (from Alabama)
Image 29Cathedral Caverns in Marshall County (from Alabama)
Image 30Temple B'Nai Sholom in Huntsville, established in 1876. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. (from Alabama)
Image 31The Space Shuttle Enterprise being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center in 1978 (from Alabama)
Image 32Interstate 59 (co-signed with Interstate 20) approaching Interstate 65 in downtown Birmingham (from Alabama)
Image 33Regions-Harbert Plaza, Regions Center, and Wells Fargo Tower in Birmingham's financial district (from Alabama)
Image 34Terminal at the Montgomery Regional Airport in Montgomery (from Alabama)
Image 35Highlands United Methodist Church in Birmingham, part of the Five Points South Historic District (from Alabama)
Image 36Cliffs at the rim of the Wetumpka meteorite crater (from Alabama)
Image 37The Islamic Center of Tuscaloosa (from Alabama)
Image 38A large tornado in downtown Cullman during the April 27, 2011 tornado outbreak, the largest in recorded history (from Alabama)
Image 39George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, 2017 (from Alabama)
Image 40Harrison Plaza at the University of North Alabama in Florence. The school was chartered as LaGrange College by the Alabama Legislature in 1830. (from Alabama)
Image 41Artists conception of Moundville, a Mississippian culture site on the Black Warrior River in Hale County (from History of Alabama)
Image 42The Moundville Archaeological Site in Hale County. It was occupied by Native Americans of the Mississippian culture from 1000 to 1450 CE. (from Alabama)
Image 43Alabama's population density, 2020 (from Alabama)
Image 44Artist's conception of the Taskigi Site, a fortified mound and village near Wetumpka, Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 45The main house, built in 1833, at Thornhill in Greene County. It is a former Black Belt plantation. (from Alabama)
Image 46Union Army troops occupying Courthouse Square in Huntsville, following its capture and occupation by federal forces in 1864 (from Alabama)
Image 47The developing skyline of Birmingham, 1915 (from Alabama)
Image 48The State Capitol Building in Montgomery, completed in 1851 (from Alabama)
Image 49Reconstruction of the major Mississippian polities in Alabama (from History of Alabama)
Image 50Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama in Montgomery in 2010 (from Alabama)
Image 51The Mobile Centinel (from History of Alabama)
Image 52The Natural Bridge Rock in Winston County is the longest natural bridge east of the Rockies. (from Alabama)
Image 53Shelby Hall, School of Computing, at the University of South Alabama in Mobile (from Alabama)

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... that an Alabama radio station was described by its program director as a "no-format mess"?
... that a 2023 tornado damaged Selma, Alabama, known for civil-rights marches attended by Martin Luther King Jr., just eight days before MLK Day?
... that in 1890 Cornelius N. Dorsette, often referred to as the first African-American physician in Alabama, founded Hale Infirmary, a hospital for Black patients and staff in Montgomery?
... that "Honest Ike" stole more than $200,000 from the Alabama treasury?
... that a 2004 ballot measure to repeal Jim Crow laws in Alabama failed after opponents claimed that taxes would spike?
... that the two varieties of Alabama croton are separated by more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles)?

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St. Florian (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Srnec (talk · contribs · new pages (65)) started on 2026-02-28, score: 20

Crowtown, Alabama (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Sparks19923 (talk · contribs · new pages (29)) started on 2026-02-26, score: 21
2010 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Nahida (talk · contribs · new pages (27)) started on 2026-02-25, score: 40

UAB Blazers track and field (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Habst (talk · contribs · new pages (147)) started on 2026-02-25, score: 30
Joe Knight (politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Yoblyblob (talk · contribs · new pages (21)) started on 2026-02-24, score: 64
2014 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Nahida (talk · contribs · new pages (27)) started on 2026-02-24, score: 40

Troy Trojans (Alabama minor league) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Skilgis1900 (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2026-02-23, score: 24

KeShawn Murphy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Yoblyblob (talk · contribs · new pages (21)) started on 2026-02-22, score: 24
2026 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by PK-WIKI (talk · contribs · new pages (6)) started on 2026-02-21, score: 37

John Ash (American politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Seasider53 (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2026-02-21, score: 56

Alabama Amendment 2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Yoblyblob (talk · contribs · new pages (21)) started on 2026-02-20, score: 20
2026 Alabama Amendment 2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Yoblyblob (talk · contribs · new pages (21)) started on 2026-02-20, score: 40

Henry C. Walthour (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Seasider53 (talk · contribs · new pages (14)) started on 2026-02-19, score: 34
York's Bluff, Alabama (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jengod (talk · contribs · new pages (40)) started on 2026-02-19, score: 32

Cypress Creek (Alabama) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jengod (talk · contribs · new pages (40)) started on 2026-02-18, score: 34
Cypress Land Company (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Jengod (talk · contribs · new pages (40)) started on 2026-02-18, score: 34
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2026 Conference USA men's basketball tournament (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by BullDawg2021 (talk · contribs · new pages (5)) started on 2026-02-17, score: 20

1923 in Alabama (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Georeg201 (talk · contribs · new pages (1)) started on 2026-02-17, score: 52

McElderry Station, Alabama (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Carolina6240 (talk · contribs · new pages (32)) started on 2026-02-15, score: 20

1997–98 UAB Blazers men's basketball team (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs | tools) by Timd21 (talk · contribs · new pages (7)) started on 2026-02-14, score: 46

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