Moulton is a city in Lawrence County, Alabama, and is included in the Decatur Metropolitan Area, as capably as the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area. Although it incorporated in 1819, along subsequent to its antagonist of Courtland, to compete for the tribute of county seat, it did not first appear on the U.S. Census rolls until 1900. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,471, its LP high. The city has been the county chair of Lawrence County previously 1820. It has been the largest community in the county since the 1920 U.S. Census.

By the period Alabama became a permit in 1819, an inn had been erected at the site of what is now Moulton to benefits migrants along the various ahead of time paths that passed through the area. Shortly after Alabama achieved statehood, both Moulton and Courtland (to the north) incorporated and competed for the county seat of Lawrence County. Governor Thomas Bibb awarded the seat to Moulton as the most centrally located of the two within the county. The city is named for Lieutenant Michael Moulton, a soldier killed while fighting below General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend in 1814.

Moulton is located at 34°28′56″N 87°17′8″W / 34.48222°N 87.28556°W / 34.48222; -87.28556 (34.482307, -87.285621). The city is concentrated along Alabama State Route 33 southwest of Decatur. Alabama State Route 24 passes through the northern share of the city, and Alabama State Route 157 passes through its eastern section. The William B. Bankhead National Forest lies to the southwest of Moulton.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 5.9 square miles (15 km), all land.