Blount County is older than the State of Alabama. The county was formed Feb. 6, 1818, by the Alabama Territorial Legislature, almost two years before the Alabama was admitted as the 22^nd state in the Union.

There were settlers here before that time, sometimes co-exiting with indigenous peoples and sometimes not. During one of those times when conflict erupted, the Creek War (1813-1814), Governor Willie Blount of Tennessee sent militia under the command of Andrew Jackson to the area to aid local settlers. The county was named in honor of Blount.

The current day town of Blountsville was originally the native American village of Wassausey. When white settlers established a town there in 1816, they chose to name it from the English translation of Wassausey, Bear Meat Cabin.

There is so much history in Blount County and its people – Bangor Cave, Blountsville (the original county seat), Blount Springs, Palisades Park, Kelly Ingram (the first casualty of WWI), Mary Gordon Duffee (author, poet, and maybe spy), and so much more. Come discover it with us!