Alabama was under military rule from the end of the war in May 1865 until its official restoration to the Union in 1868.

3.2% of Alabama’s area is water.

Huntsville served as Alabama’s temporary capital from 1819 to 1820.

St. Stephens, now abandoned, served as the territorial capital from 1817 to 1819.

The removal of the Ten Commandments statue in Alabama led to protests around the capitol, with many people in favor of keeping the monument.

Alabama is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida to the south, and Mississippi to the west.

The 1901 Constitution of Alabama included provisions for voter registration that effectively disenfranchised large portions of the population, including nearly all African Americans, Native Americans, and tens of thousands of poor European Americans. It also required racial segregation of ...Read more

North Alabama is mostly mountainous, with the Tennessee River creating numerous creeks, streams, rivers, mountains, and lakes.

Alabama passed various segregation laws, including segregating jails in 1911, hospitals in 1915, toilets, hotels, and restaurants in 1928, and bus stop waiting rooms in 1945.

Pine forests form the largest proportion of forests in Alabama, which once boasted huge expanses of these forests.