Chambers County, AL

Headnote

CHAMBERS COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of Alabama, with Chattahoochee river on the east, and traversed by Tallapoosa river in the northwest section. Area, 700 square miles. Seat of justice, Lafayette. Pop. in 1840, 17,333; in 1850, 23,960. (Fanning's, 1853)

Place Unit Type
County
Containing Unit
Alabama

Chambers County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
CHAMBERS COUNTY, situated on the easterly boundary of Alabama, with Chattahoochee river on the east, and traversed by Tallapoosa river in the northwest section. Area, 700 square miles. Seat of justice, Lafayette. Pop. in 1840, 17,333; in 1850, 23,960.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 72-73.
Date Type
William Elisha Stoker is born in Chambers County, Alabama Personal
Birthplace of
Name Type
Lafayette, AL City or Town
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