Back مقاطعة كولبيرت (ألاباما) Arabic کولبرت بؤلگهسی، آلاباما AZB Colbert County, Alabama BAR Колбърт Bulgarian কোলবার্ট কাউন্টি, আলাবামা BPY Colbert Gông (Alabama) CDO Колберт (гуо, Алабама) CE Colbert County CEB Colbert County Czech Colbert County, Alabama Welsh
Colbert County | |
|---|---|
 Colbert County Courthouse in Tuscumbia | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Alabama | |
 Alabama's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°40′36″N 87°49′02″W / 34.6767°N 87.8172°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alabama |
| Founded | February 6, 1867 |
| Named for | George and Levi Colbert |
| Seat | Tuscumbia |
| Largest city | Muscle Shoals |
| Area | |
| • Total | 622 sq mi (1,610 km2) |
| • Land | 593 sq mi (1,540 km2) |
| • Water | 30 sq mi (80 km2) 4.7% |
| Population | |
| • Total | 57,227 |
| • Density | 92/sq mi (36/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Website | www |
Colbert County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of brothers George and Levi Colbert, Chickasaw Indian chiefs. George Colbert operated a ferry across the Tennessee River in 1790 near present-day Cherokee.[2]
The county seat of Colbert County is Tuscumbia. It is part of the Florence - Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Statistical Area known as "The Shoals". As of 2020, 57,227 people lived there.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "QuickFacts: Colbert County, Alabama". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Colbert County Website". Retrieved 2007-05-16.