Places Index - W

W : 9 Articles Found

• Walker County
  The city of Jasper in Walker County was the childhood home of actor George Lindsey, best known for his...
• Washington County
  Washington County is the oldest established county in the state of Alabama, and originally included much...
• Wedowee
  Wedowee ('wÿ ' dau wÿ) is a small town, population 818, located in east-central Alabama's...
• Weiss Dam and Lake
  Weiss Dam, near Leesburg in Cherokee County, was the first dam built as part of an Alabama Power Company...
• Wetumpka
  Located in Elmore County, the third-fastest growing county in Alabama, Wetumpka was a judicial and economic...
• Wetumpka Crater
  About 83 million years ago, a cosmic object (an asteroid or comet estimated to have been about 1,250...
• Wilcox County
  Located in the southwestern part of the state, Wilcox County is home to the nationally renowned Gee's...
• Winston County
  Located in the northwest part of Alabama, Winston County is a mountainous county that supported Unionism...
• World War II POW Camps in Alabama
  During World War II, the state of Alabama was home to approximately 16,000 German prisoners of war (POWs)...