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Alabama // Montgomery, AL // Southern Region // Central Time
(The Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie, The Cotton State)
Territory established[1]: August 15, 1817
Statehood granted: December 14, 1819 // 22nd state

Secession from Union:

January 11, 1861
Confederacy joined: February 4, 1861
Civil War: April 12, 1861 - May 9, 1865
Readmitted to Congress: July 14, 1868
End of Reconstruction: November 16, 1874
[1] The territory was split from Mississippi Territory.

#4274 // June 14, 2008
(self-adhesive coil definitive)
Flags of Our Nation Series
Alabama State Flag
and shrimp boat
#1953 // April 14, 1982
(ex pane of 50 different stamps)
State Bird & Flower of
Alabama
Yellowhammer
(Colaptes auratus)
and Camellia
#1654 // February 23, 1976
(ex pane of 50 different stamps)
American Bicentennial Series
Alabama State Flag

#1375 // August 2, 1969 // Huntsville, AL
150th Anniversary of
Alabama Statehood

Camellia and
Yellow-shafted Flicker

#3561 // April 4, 2002
(ex pane of 50 stamps, one for each state)
Greetings from Alabama

Illustration of contemporary postcard
in the style of the 1930s/1940s


View Alabama state quarter
View Alabama state map
View Alabama clock


The state of Alabama and the Alabama River are named
after the local Indian tribe "Alibamu".
Land Area
rounded mi2 [km2]
50,744 [131.426]
ranked 28th
Population
(census 2010)
4,779,736
ranked 23rd
Population Density
per mi2 [km2] of land area
94 [36]
ranked 28th
The State of Alabama has 67 counties.


        

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