Editing Walker County, Alabama (section)

==History==
Walker County was established on December 26, 1823, and formed from sections of Marion and Tuscaloosa counties.<ref name=aces/>
It was named after Senator John Walker, who represented Alabama in the [[U.S. Senate]] from 1819 to 1822.<ref name=aces/> The county was greatly reduced in size on February 12, 1850, when its northern half became the county of Winston.
Jasper is the county seat, and was named after [[William Jasper]], a [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] hero from [[South Carolina]].<ref name=aces/>

===National Register of Historic Places===
Walker County has sites listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. They include the [[Bankhead House (Jasper, Alabama)|Bankhead House]], [[Boshell's Mill]], the [[First United Methodist Church (Jasper, Alabama)|First United Methodist Church of Jasper]], the [[Gilchrist House (Cordova, Alabama)|Gilchrist House]], the [[Jasper Downtown Historic District]], the [[Stephenson House (Oakman, Alabama)|Stephenson House]], and [[Walker County Hospital]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>