Editing List of counties in Alabama (section)

==Former county names==
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|Baine County
|[[David W. Baine]], Colonel in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]
|[[Etowah County, Alabama|Etowah County]] in 1868
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|Baker County
|[[Alfred Baker (settler)|Alfred Baker]], a local landowner
|[[Chilton County, Alabama|Chilton County]] in 1874
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|Benton County
|[[Thomas Hart Benton (senator)|Thomas Hart Benton]], U.S. Senator from Missouri
|[[Calhoun County, Alabama|Calhoun County]] in 1858, honoring Benton's rival [[John C. Calhoun]] of [[South Carolina]] after Benton's renunciation of slavery
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|Cahawba County
|former state capital of [[Cahawba, Alabama|Cahawba]]
|[[Bibb County, Alabama|Bibb County]] in 1820
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|Cotaco County
|Cotaco Creek, a tributary of the [[Tennessee River]]
|[[Morgan County, Alabama|Morgan County]] in 1821
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|Hancock County
|[[John Hancock]], signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
|[[Winston County, Alabama|Winston County]] in 1858
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|Jones County
|[[Josiah Jones (politician)|Josiah Jones]], a local political leader
|[[Covington County, Alabama|Covington County]] (its former name) in 1868 after Jones refused the honor
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|Jones County
|[[E.P. Jones]], a local landowner
|Sanford County, which subsequently became [[Lamar County, Alabama|Lamar County]] in 1877
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|Sanford County
|[[H.C. Sanford]], a local landowner
|[[Lamar County, Alabama|Lamar County]] in 1877
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