Editing Dale County, Alabama (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|563|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|561|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.6|sqmi}} (0.3%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_01.txt |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |website=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 22, 2015 }}</ref> The county is located in the [[Wiregrass Region|Wiregrass region]] of southeast Alabama.

It is the fifth-smallest county in Alabama by land area and third-smallest by total area.

===Major highways===
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*[[Image:US 84.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 84]]
*[[Image:US 231.svg|24px]] [[U.S. Highway 231]]
*[[Image:Alabama 27.svg|20px]] [[State Route 27 (Alabama)|State Route 27]]
*[[Image:Alabama 51.svg|20px]] [[State Route 51 (Alabama)|State Route 51]]
*[[Image:Alabama 85.svg|20px]] [[State Route 85 (Alabama)|State Route 85]]
*[[Image:Alabama 92.svg|20px]] [[State Route 92 (Alabama)|State Route 92]]
*[[Image:Alabama 123.svg|20px]] State Route 123
*[[Image:Alabama 134.svg|20px]] State Route 134
*[[Image:Alabama 248.svg|20px]] [[State Route 248 (Alabama)|State Route 248]]
*[[Image:Alabama 249.svg|20px]] [[State Route 249 (Alabama)|State Route 249]]
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===Adjacent counties===
*[[Pike County, Alabama|Pike County]] (northwest)
*[[Barbour County, Alabama|Barbour County]] (north)
*[[Henry County, Alabama|Henry County]] (east)
*[[Houston County, Alabama|Houston County]] (southeast)
*[[Geneva County, Alabama|Geneva County]] (southwest)
*[[Coffee County, Alabama|Coffee County]] (west)