Back مقاطعة ليمستون (ألاباما) Arabic لايمستون كاونتى (الاباما) ARZ Laymston (dairə, Alabama) Azerbaijani Limestone County, Alabama BAR Лаймстоун (окръг, Алабама) Bulgarian লাইমস্টোন কাউন্টি, আলাবামা BPY Limestone Gông (Alabama) CDO Лаймстоун (гуо, Алабама) CE Limestone County (kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Alabama) CEB Limestone County, Alabama Welsh
Limestone County | |
|---|---|
 Limestone County Courthouse in Athens | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Alabama | |
 Alabama's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 34°48′40″N 86°59′03″W / 34.811111111111°N 86.984166666667°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Alabama |
| Founded | February 6[1], 1818[1] |
| Named for | Limestone Creek |
| Seat | Athens |
| Largest city | Huntsville[a] |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Collin Daly[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 607 sq mi (1,570 km2) |
| • Land | 560 sq mi (1,500 km2) |
| • Water | 47 sq mi (120 km2) 7.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 103,570 |
| • Estimate (2023) | 114,654  |
| • Density | 170/sq mi (66/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 5th |
| Website | limestonecounty-al |
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Limestone County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 103,570.[3] Its county seat is Athens.[4] The county is named after Limestone Creek. Limestone County is included in the Huntsville, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ a b A digest of the laws of the State of Alabama: containing the statutes and resolutions in force at the end of the General Assembly in January, 1823. Published by Ginn & Curtis, J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York, 1828. Title 10. Chapter XII. Page 85. An Act to establish the western and southern Boundaries of Madison County, and to establish the Counties of Limestone and Lauderdale--Passed February 6, 1818.
- ^ "Commission". Limestone County, Alabama. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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