Pike County, Alabama

History

Pike County was founded on December 17, 1821 and named in honor of General Zebulon Pike a soldier in the War of 1812. General Zebulon Pike, of New Jersey, led an expedition to southern Colorado and discovered Pikes Peak in 1806.

Pike County comprised a large tract of country, so large that it was called the State of Pike, including a part of what is now Crenshaw, Montgomery, Macon, Bullock, and Barbour Counties, and extended to the Chattahoochie River on the east.

Modern Day Adjacent Counties

Pike County is bordered by Bullock, Barbour, Dale, Coffee, Crenshaw and
Montgomery Counties.

Gleanings from

• US Federal Census - Pike Co., AL
  • 1830 Census - Pike Co., AL
  • 1840 Census - Pike Co., AL
  • 1850 Census - Pike Co., AL