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Welcome to Blount County ...

Time Zone: Blount County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Oneonta is the Seat for Blount County.

Blount County was founded in 1818.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Blount had a population of 57,826 people. This is an increase of 0.78% since the last Census (which gave a population of 57,376 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Blount represented 1.2% of the total population of Alabama.

Below are some of the communities located in Blount County:

  • Allgood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Allgood is located in Blount County (AL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 638 people
  • Blountsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Cleveland
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • County Line
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • County Line is located in Blount County (AL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 241 people
  • Hayden
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hayden is located in Blount County (AL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,358 people
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  • Highland Lake
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Highland Lake is located in Blount County (AL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Locust Fork
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Nectar
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Nectar is located in Blount County (AL)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 344 people
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    • Oneonta
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Oneonta is located in Blount County (AL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,601 people
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    • Rosa
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Rosa is located in Blount County (AL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 324 people
    • Snead
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Snead is located in Blount County (AL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 837 people
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    • Susan Moore
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Susan Moore is located in Blount County (AL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 797 people
    • Warrior
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
      • Warrior is located in Blount County (AL)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,190 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Warrior <2>

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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