Walker County

Created December 26, 1823

Named for John W. Walker

of Madison County, Alabama

Chairman, State Constitutional Convention, July 5, 1819

Alabama's first United State Senator, 1819~1823

Marker is on 3rd Avenue S..

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Five Courthouses of Walker County

The first Walker County Courthouse was available for county commissioners court meetings in July 1848; the building was finally completed in the center of the Huntsville public square in 1850. Because of a defective foundation, a second courthouse had replaced ...

Walker County

The earliest known inhabitants of this area were the Cenis and Bidai (Bedias) Indians. Spanish explorers began to arrive in 1542, followed by the French in 1687. The area was thinly populated by Spanish and Mexican settlers until the early ...

Walker County War Memorial

World War I

Adams, Halbert

Adamson, Henry

Bagwell, Tom

Banks, William

Beck, Claude

Beck, Edward

Bell, George

Bradford, Shepherd

Cagle, Harvey

Cannon, Wiley

Cantley, James

Carlisle, Luther

Carter, William

Cole, Homer

Cooner, Elmer

Dorsey, Gus

Evans, Oscar

Ferguson, Lester

Flippo, John

Fomby, McCager

Gregg, Laudo

Haley, Olie

Hamby, Oscar

Hammer, Charles

Hogan, Alfred

Holcomb, William

Hood, William

Jackson, Reuben

Kidd, John

Kilgore, Oliver

Lackey, ...