Chilton County, Alabama

Chilton County
Chilton County Courthouse in Clanton
Chilton County Courthouse in Clanton
Official seal of Chilton County
Official logo of Chilton County
Map of Alabama highlighting Chilton County
Location within the U.S. state of Alabama
Map of the United States highlighting Alabama
Alabama's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 32°50′43″N 86°42′52″W / 32.8453°N 86.7144°W / 32.8453; -86.7144
Country United States
State Alabama
FoundedDecember 30, 1868
Named forWilliam Parish Chilton, Sr.
SeatClanton
Largest cityClanton
Area
 • Total701 sq mi (1,820 km2)
 • Land693 sq mi (1,790 km2)
 • Water7.9 sq mi (20 km2)  1.1%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total45,014
 • Estimate 
(2023)
46,431 Increase
 • Density64/sq mi (25/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts3rd, 6th
Websitechiltoncounty.org
  • County Number 14 on Alabama Licence Plates

Chilton County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 45,014.[1] The county seat is Clanton. Its name is in honor of William Parish Chilton, Sr. (1810–1871), a lawyer who became Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and later represented Montgomery County in the Congress of the Confederate States of America.

Chilton County is included in the Birmingham Metropolitan Statistical Area.

In 2010, the center of population of Alabama was located in Chilton County, near the city of Jemison, an area known as Jemison Division.[2]

The county is known for its peaches and its unique landscape. It is home to swamps, prairies, and mountains due to the foothills of the Appalachians which end in the county, the Coosa River basin, and its proximity to the Black Belt Prairie that was long a center of cotton production.

  1. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
  2. ^ "Centers of Population by State: 2010". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.