Morgan County is the most populous county in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, and the second most populous county in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. It was created by the Alabama legislature on February 8, 1818 from land acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the Treaty of Turkeytown, and was originally called Cotaco County.
In 1821 it was renamed in honor of Revolutionary War hero General Daniel Morgan of Virginia. As of 2008 the population was 115,959. The county seat is Decatur. |