Washington County Alabama Genealogy
County Seat: Chatom
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History
Washington County was organized on June 4, 1800, from the Tombigbee District of the Mississippi Territory by proclamation of territorial governor Winthrop Sargent. It was the first county organized in what would later become Alabama, as settlers moved westward after the American Revolutionary War. Washington County is the site of St. Stephens, the first territorial capital of Alabama. In 1807 former U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr was arrested at Wakefield in Washington County, during his flight from being prosecuted for alleged treason (of which he was eventually found innocent).
Communities
- Towns: Chatom (county seat), McIntosh, Millry
- Census-designated places: Calvert (partly in Mobile County), Cullomburg (partly in Choctaw County), Deer Park, Fairford, Fruitdale, Hobson, Leroy, Malcolm, St. Stephens, Sims Chapel, Tibbie, Vinegar Bend
- Unincorporated communities: Cortelyou, Escatawpa, Frankville, Laton Hill, Sunflower, Wagarville, Yellow Pine, Yarbo
- Ghost town: Wakefield
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Adjacent counties
- Choctaw County - north
- Clarke County - east
- Baldwin County - southeast
- Mobile County - south
- Greene County, Mississippi - southwest
- Wayne County, Mississippi - northwest
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