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Bibb County Location

The map to the right shows the location of Bibb County within the State of Alabama.

Bibb County is located in central Alabama, the southwest diagonal in the East Gulf Coastal Plain and the northeast diagonal in the Alabama Valley and Ridge physiographic regions. The Cahaba River runs northeast to southwest through the county.

Bibb County was established an Act of the Alabama territorial legislature on February 7, 1818 as Cahawba County. It was renamed Bibb County on December 4, 1820.

The county was named for Alabama's first Governor, William Wyatt Bibb.

Centreville, located on the Cahaba River in the south central part of the county, serves as the county seat.

Major roads and towns
Bibb County Map

Sources...

"Alabama Counties: Bibb County." Alabama Department of Archives and History. State of Alabama, 13 Dec 2011. Web. 7 Jan 2014. <http://www.archives.state.al.us/counties/bibb.html>.

Morton, Patricia Hoskins. "Alabama Counties: Bibb County." Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Foundation, 21 May 2013. Web. 7 Jan 2014. <http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1196>.

"State & County QuickFacts." United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. Web. 3 Jan 2014.

Additional Information

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Bibb County history page: Alabama Department of Archives and History.

Bibb County: The Encyclopedia of Alabama TM & © 2013. Alabama Humanities Foundation. All Rights Reserved. A service of Auburn University, The University of Alabama, and Alabama State Dept. of Education.

Map: Bibb County's major roads and towns.: Prepared by the Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama.

General Highway Map: Bibb County, Alabama : Prepared by the Alabama Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Planning, Surveying and Mapping Division in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Bibb County, Alabama Genealogical Information: The USGenWeb Project: Keeping Internet Genealogy Free.

Bibb County, Alabama: United States Census Bureau: State & County QuickFacts.

Bibb County, Alabama Official Website: Official website of Autauga County, Alabama.

Centreville: The Encyclopedia of Alabama TM & © 2013. Alabama Humanities Foundation. All Rights Reserved. A service of Auburn University, The University of Alabama, and Alabama State Dept. of Education.

Centreville, Alabama: Official Site of the City of Centreville.

Alabama County Web Sites: State of Alabama: Alabama Directory.

Alabama County Selection Map: United States Census Bureau: State & County QuickFacts.

Alabama County Map with County Seat Cities: Geology.com.

Maps of Alabama Counties: University of Alabama: Alabama Maps.

Alabama Counties from Amazon.com

Bibb County
Alabama
Rhoda C. Ellison

Bibb County, Alabama: The First Hundred Years 1818-1918, by Rhoda C. Ellison. 304 pages. Publisher: University Alabama Press; 1 edition (February 17, 1999)

This carefully documented history is based on a variety of original sources, from personal letters to government records. It is generously illustrated with early maps and with old pictures of Bibb landmarks, many of which have now vanished.

"Ellison has established a model for those who wish to write a good county history. She tells the story of Bibb County thoughtfully and skillfully against a background of state and national events. She balances the political and economic with cultural history, and she captures the spirit of the people of this very rural Alabama county." --Journal of Southern History