Tuscaloosa County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 360-361.
TUSCALOOSA COUNTY, situated in the westerly part of Alabama, and traversed by Black Warrior river. Area, 1,350 square miles. Seat of justice, Tuscaloosa. Pop. in 1820, 8,229; in 1830, 13,646; in 1840, 16,583; in 1850, 18 056.

Sumter County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 348.
SUMTER COUNTY, situated on the west boundary of Alabama, with Tombigbee and Little Tombigbee rivers on the east and northeast. Area, 1,200 square miles. Seat of justice, Livingston. Pop. in 1840, 29,937; in 1850, 22,250.

St. Clair County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 318.
SAINT CLAIR COUNTY, situated toward the northeast part of Alabama, with Coosa river on the southeast. Area, 840 square miles. Face of the country, hilly and broken. Seat of justice, Ashville. Pop. in 1820, 4,166; in 1830, 5,975; in 1840, 5,636; in 1850, 6,829.

Shelby County, Alabama (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 330.
SHELBY COUNTY, situated in the central part of Alabama, with Coosa river on the east, and the Catawba on the west. Area, 950 square miles. Seat of justice, Columbiana. Pop. in 1820, 2,416; in 1830, 5,704; in 1840, 6,112; in 1850, 9,536.