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The first recorded visit to the Fayette area was by the explorer Hernando DeSoto and his band in the year 1540. He traversed the Sipsey River, Coal Fire Creek, Bear Creek, Buttahatchee, and Luxapalilla Creek as he passed through during his search for gold and treasures. From that time it would be over 250 years before the northwest Alabama area would be visited by settlers.

Fayette County population 1s 17,241. Its county seat is Fayette, Alabama.

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Fayette County Alabama Cities: 

Fayette, Alabama

Located in the Southern Automotive Corridor, Fayette is near several of the world’s major automobile producers. With two home grown second tier companies, Fayette Fabrication and Custom Automotive Services, located in the city, Fayette has grown to provide skilled workers and products to this expanding segment of our state and regional economy.

Winfield, Alabama

Originally called Luxapallila, the Winfield area has been inhabited by settlers of European descent since the 1830s.

Fayette County Alabama Towns:

Belk, Alabama

Belk is located in western Fayette County. It is on the east side of the valley of Luxapalilla Creek, a southwest-flowing tributary of the Tombigbee River. Alabama State Route 96 runs through the town, leading northeast 7 miles to Fayette, the county seat, and southwest 12 miles to Millport. Columbus, Mississippi, is 34 miles to the southwest.

Berry, Alabama

Thompson Berry settled in this area in the 1840s. Berry devoted most of his time raising cattle and farming. As time passed, he became the owner of a gin and gristmill and several thousand acres of land in Fayette County. In 1882-1883, the section of the Georgia-Pacific Railroad which connected Birmingham, Alabama and Columbus, Mississippi was built. Arrangements were made with Mrs. Ben Jefferies and Mrs. Eliza Harvey to locate a depot approximately midway between the two cities. The depot was named Berry for Thompson Berry, the first settler in the area and father of Mrs. Jefferies and Mrs. Harvey.

In November 1883, the town of Berry was incorporated; the town limits being set by measuring one mile in all directions from a public well dug a short distance from the depot. The first store and post office was operated from a boxcar by Ab. Seay even before the track of the railroad was completely laid.

Glen Allen, Alabama

Glen Allen is a small town located in the northern most end of Fayette County. A portion of the town limits cross over into Marion County, but the town is one of four incorporated municipalities located within Fayette County. First known as Stewart’s Gap after a post office located there in 1877, Glen Allen derived its current name from the last names of two engineers who worked on the railroad (probably the Kansas City, Memphis, and Birmingham) that came through the area in 1885. The town was laid out along the rail line in 1889 and lots were sold.

Gu-Win, Alabama

Gu-Win’s unusual name is reportedly taken from a combination of two neighboring towns it lies between, Guin and Winfield. When first established, the community was known as Ear Gap and grew up along a railroad line. In the 1950s, citizens in nearby Guin sought to annex Ear Gap, but residents wanted to remain independent and decided to incorporate. Another source for the name origin comes from a theater located in the present-day town, the Gu-Win Drive-In Theater, which was owned by George Thornton. Thornton reportedly convinced locals to name the community Gu-Win after spending substantial money on a new marquee featuring the theater name. Thornton also was the first mayor of the town. 

Credit: Encyclopedia of Alabama
 

Fayette County Alabama Communities:

Bankston, Alabama

Bazemore, Alabama

Bluff, Alabama

Boley Springs, Alabama

Hubbertivlle, Alabama

Newtonville, Alabama

The Sipsey River, a tributary of the Tombigbee River flows through the center of the county, while the North River, a tributary of the Upper Black Warrior River, flows through the eastern half. Luxapalila Creek, a tributary of the Upper Tombigbee River, flows south to north through the western half of the county. U.S. 43 runs south to north through the north-central and eastern portions of the county.

The Sipsey River is one of the last free-flowing swamp streams in Alabama. The river is popular with canoers and fishermen.

Fayette County Alabama Map and Sites of Interest

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Fayette, Alabama is located in west-central Fayette County at 33°41′31″N 87°49′56″W (33.692068, -87.832358).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.6 square miles, of which 8.5 square miles (22.1 km2) is land and 0.1 square miles, or 0.95%, is water.

Fayette Alabama Things To Do

Fayette Aquatic Center

Address: 218 23rd Street NE, Fayette, AL 35555
Phone: (205) 932-2196

Fayette Aquatic Center

The Fayette Aquatic Center offers pools and waterslides for people of all ages. Amenities include free wifi, food & drinks for sale, swimming lessons, lazy river, water aerobics, and lap swimming.  The Aquatic Facility at the Guthrie Smith Park features a 5,380 sq. ft. outdoor multi-purpose pool, interactive play features, multiple water slides and drop slides on a 35 ft. tower, diving board, four 25-yd. lap lanes, large teaching area, spray pad integration, umbrella tables.

Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 1pm-5pm, summer

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The town’s unusual name is taken from part of two neighboring cities, Guin Alabama and Winfield Alabama. “Gu-Win” and “Guin” are not the same, though the pronunciation is virtually the same, leading to occasional confusion by visitors.

The area Gu-Win occupies is between Guin and Winfield. Until the 1950s, it was initially known as Ear Gap. Not wanting to be annexed into Guin, it pursued incorporation for itself, and chose the name of the local drive-in theater, “Gu-Win.” As of 2016, the theatre still operates, but has been renamed the Blue Moon.

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