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Historical Markers in Gordo

 
Clickable Map of Pickens County, Alabama and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Pickens County, AL (21) Fayette County, AL (22) Greene County, AL (13) Lamar County, AL (8) Sumter County, AL (17) Tuscaloosa County, AL (183) Lowndes County, MS (64) Noxubee County, MS (16)  PickensCounty(21) Pickens County (21)  FayetteCounty(22) Fayette County (22)  GreeneCounty(13) Greene County (13)  LamarCounty(8) Lamar County (8)  SumterCounty(17) Sumter County (17)  TuscaloosaCounty(183) Tuscaloosa County (183)  LowndesCountyMississippi(64) Lowndes County (64)  NoxubeeCounty(16) Noxubee County (16)
Carrollton is the county seat for Pickens County
Gordo is in Pickens County
Pickens County (21)  ►
ADJACENT TO PICKENS COUNTY
Fayette County (22)  ►
Greene County (13)  ►
Lamar County (8)  ►
Sumter County (17)  ►
Tuscaloosa County (183)  ►
Lowndes County, Mississippi (64)  ►
Noxubee County, Mississippi (16)  ►
 
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1 ► Alabama, Pickens County, Gordo — First City Hall - Jail —
On 2nd Street Northwest (Church Street) south of 2nd Avenue Northwest, on the left when traveling south.
Built June 1914 by Gordo’s first town council to house Mayor Benjamin Garrison’s office, city courtroom and jail. Building used as city hall – jail until 1949. Records show it to be the oldest remaining brick structure in Gordo. Restored . . . — — Map (db m152576) HM
2 ► Alabama, Pickens County, Gordo — History of Gordo, Alabama —
On North Main Street (Alabama Route 159) at 2nd Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
This area's first settlers arrived in the 1830s and established the Crossroads community at the intersection of the Columbus-Tuscaloosa and Vienna-Fayette stagecoach roads, one mile northeast of Gordo's present location on Highway 82. The name . . . — — Map (db m152577) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026