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Walker County was established on December 26, 1823, and formed from sections of Marion and Tuscaloosa counties. [1] It was named after Senator John Walker, who represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 1819 to 1822. [1] The county was greatly reduced in size on February 12, 1850, when its northern half became the county of Winston.
Location of Walker County in Alabama. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Walker County, Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Walker County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Bankhead House, also known as Sunset and the John Hollis Bankhead House, is a historic mansion in Jasper, Walker County, Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. [1] [2]
Boshell's Mill is the historic site of a gristmill and sawmill on Lost Creek near Townley in rural Walker County, Alabama. The 4-acre (1.6 ha) site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1] It was recorded by the Historic American Engineering Record as part of the Birmingham District in 1992. [3]
The First United Methodist Church is a historic United Methodist Church in Jasper, Walker County, Alabama. The congregation dates back to the 1830s. This building is their fifth, built from 1912–21. Architectural scholars consider this to be one of the best of its type in the state. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on ...
March 24, 1972. The Gilchrist House was a historic farmhouse near Cordova in Walker County, Alabama. Built when Alabama was still a part of the Mississippi Territory, it was considered by architectural scholars as one of the older surviving houses in Alabama and the oldest structure in the central and western area of the state. [2][3] It was ...
The Jasper Downtown Historic District comprises 400 acres (160 ha) of Jasper, Alabama, centered on the county courthouse. Most of the buildings in the district are commercial, with other uses including the Masonic Temple, the post office and city hall, several houses and a number of warehouses. Most of the buildings were built in the 1920s ...
Website. www.winstoncountyalabama.org. County number 67 on Alabama license plates. Highest county number in Alabama. Widely known as "The Free State of Winston." Winston County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,540. [2] Its county seat is Double Springs. [3]