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Chambers County, Alabama

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
10historic places
—earliest paper
1832formed
34,772pop. 2020
88cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 10 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1974. Most listings are in or near Valley, LaFayette, Dudleyville Vicinity.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alabama is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Chambers titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 10 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

10 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Bethlehem Baptist ChurchValleyBuilding2017
Chambers County Courthouse Square Historic DistrictLaFayetteDistrict1980
County Line Baptist ChurchDudleyville VicinityBuilding1982
Fairfax Historic DistrictValleyDistrict1999
Langdale Historic DistrictValleyDistrict1999
New Hope Rosenwald SchoolFrdoniaBuilding2001
Oliver, Ernest McCarty, HouseLaFayetteBuilding1974
Riverview Historic DistrictValleyDistrict1999
Shawmut Historic DistrictValleyDistrict1999
Vines Funeral Home and Ambulance ServiceLafayetteBuilding2008

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Chambers was formed in 1832 (1832-12-18) from Montgomery, Shelby.

CHAMBERS created from MONTGOMERY and SHELBY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Chambers County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

42k30k17k1840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
17,33323,21423,44032,55441,20142,14639,52837,82839,19136,58334,772

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Horseshoe Bend National Military ParkPark unit32.8 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

88 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 88 listed
NameLatLon
Abanda Cemetery33.09375-85.52112
Antioch Cemetery32.84651-85.47772
Antioch Cemetery32.83569-85.46976
Bailey Cemetery33.061-85.53642
Bell Chapel Cemetery32.86399-85.34756
Bethel Cemetery33.08734-85.34633
Beulah Cemetery33.094-85.58384
Bibby Family Cemetery33.02928-85.59245
Blanton Cemetery32.92965-85.5593
Bowling-Brisky CemeteryNoneNone
Boyd CemeteryNoneNone
Boyds Cemetery32.81596-85.40383
Bucklew Family CemeteryNoneNone
Caldwell Cemetery32.75707-85.37939
Chappell Cemetery33.0175-85.46807
County Line Cemetery32.91762-85.59023
Cusseta Cemetery32.78707-85.30272
Dean Cemetery32.8666-85.5853
Ebenezer Cemetery33.03656-85.54018
Emory Chapel Cemetery32.92651-85.34383
Fairfax Cemetery32.79318-85.19244
Fairview Cemetery32.77775-85.16464
Finley Cemetery32.88118-85.44656
Finney Cemetery33.03125-85.36932
Galilee Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery32.75924-85.35244
Glass Cemetery32.78811-85.17675
Greenwood Baptist Church Cemetery32.84574-85.24212
Greenwood Cemetery32.84651-85.24188
Griggsby CemeteryNoneNone
Handy Cemetery32.88787-85.40817
Harmony Cemetery32.91806-85.56791
Hicks CemeteryNoneNone
Higgins Family Cemetery33.04758-85.39338
Hill - Thompson Cemetery32.98859-85.45653
Hillcrest Garden Cemetery32.87716-85.22921
Holoway CemeteryNoneNone
Holstum Cemetery32.92261-85.31799
Holstun Cemetery32.90595-85.28272
Hopewell Cemetery33.0635-85.51375
Huguley Cemetery32.82373-85.21438
La Fayette Cemetery32.89595-85.39439
Langdale Cemetery32.80846-85.16799
Lebanon Cemetery32.96328-85.38565
Macedonia Cemetery32.95491-85.48106
Maddox Family Cemetery32.7329-85.5205
McCord Cemetery32.82457-85.58634
McJunkins CemeteryNoneNone
Midway Cemetery32.84673-85.51963
Milltown Cemetery33.06258-85.48931
Mount Nebo Cemetery32.78387-85.30969
Mount Olive Cemetery32.77293-85.53444
Mountain Springs Cemetery33.05039-85.59217
New Canaan Baptist Chruch Cemetery32.82763-85.57678
New Harmony Cemetery32.91812-85.5678
New Hope Cemetery32.99401-85.28577
Oak Bowery Cemetery32.74606-85.4435
Oak Wood Cemetery32.86901-85.20327
Old Ebenezer CemeteryNoneNone
Old Harmony Cemetery32.91623-85.56717
Old Rock Springs Cemetery32.9487-85.45142
Peace and Goodwill Cemetery32.76346-85.50411
Pine Hill Cemetery32.8432-85.21421
Poplar Springs Cemetery32.91175-85.47186
Providence Cemetery32.87681-85.2673
Rest Haven Memorial Gardens32.85068-85.26911
Robertson Cemetery32.76073-85.36625
Sanders Cemetery32.97317-85.58328
Sanders Cemetery33.05595-85.37717
Sandy Ridge Cemetery32.94095-85.44106
Sharon Cemetery32.93206-85.28688
Sharps Cemetery33.00706-85.393
Shawmut Cemetery32.84874-85.19061
Shiloh Cemetery33.02045-85.53784
Sims Cemetery33.01706-85.54384
Sky View Memorial Cemetery33.07463-85.33662
Smith CemeteryNoneNone
Smith-Willoughby Cemetery32.77318-85.53384
Spratling Cemetery32.76404-85.45659
Stamps Cemetery32.88889-85.37232
Standing Rock Cemetery33.07873-85.25188

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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