Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
LIMESTONE COUNTY, situated on the north boundary of Alabama, with Tennessee river on the south. Area, 575 square miles. Face of the country undulating; soil generally productive. Seat of justice, Athens. Pop. in 1820, 9,871; in 1830, 14,843; in 1840, 14,374; in 1850, 16.483. (Fanning's, 1853)