Talladega County, Alabama
| Talladega County, Alabama | |
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Talladega County Courthouse in Talladega
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 Location in the U.S. state of Alabama |
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 Alabama's location in the U.S. |
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| Founded | December 18, 1832 |
| Seat | Talladega |
| Largest city | Talladega |
| Area | |
| • Total | 760 sq mi (1,968 km2) |
| • Land | 737 sq mi (1,909 km2) |
| • Water | 24 sq mi (62 km2), 3.1% |
| Population (est.) | |
| • (2015) | 80,862 |
| • Density | 112/sq mi (43/km²) |
| Congressional district | 3rd |
| Time zone | Central: UTC-6/-5 |
| Website | www |
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Coordinates: 33°23′N 86°10′W / 33.383°N 86.167°W
Talladega County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,291. Its county seat is Talladega.
Talladega County is included in the Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Birmingham-Hoover-Talladega, AL Combined Statistical Area.
Prior to Euro-American settlement in what is today Talladega County it was the home of the Abihka tribe of the Creek Confederacy.
Talladega County was established on December 18, 1832, from land ceded by the Creek Indians near the state's geographic center. The county seat was established at Talladega in 1834.
The name Talladega is derived from a Muscogee (Creek) Native American word Tvlvteke, from the Creek tålwa, meaning "town", and åtigi, or "border" -- "Border Town"—a town indicating its location on the boundary between the lands of the Creek tribe and those of the Cherokee and Chickasaw.
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