Title
Gordo, Alabama
Subject
Gordo (Ala)---History
Description
A sign on Main Street in Gordo details the founding of the city and its history from the 1830s until 2008. It reads as follows:
History of Gordo, Alabama
The 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 Gordo is believed to have come from returning veterans of the famous battle of Cerro-Gordo that occurred during the Mexican War of 1846-1848. The Gordo community relocated to the area around the new Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898, was incorporated in 1900-01 with John J. Windham, as first mayor, and by 1910 was the largest town in Pickens County with a population of 707. In 2008, under the leadership of Mayor Craig Patterson, Gordo encompassed and area of 3.19 square miles with a population of 1,677.
Erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the Town of Gordo June 2010
History of Gordo, Alabama
The 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 Gordo is believed to have come from returning veterans of the famous battle of Cerro-Gordo that occurred during the Mexican War of 1846-1848. The Gordo community relocated to the area around the new Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1898, was incorporated in 1900-01 with John J. Windham, as first mayor, and by 1910 was the largest town in Pickens County with a population of 707. In 2008, under the leadership of Mayor Craig Patterson, Gordo encompassed and area of 3.19 square miles with a population of 1,677.
Erected by the Alabama Tourism Department and the Town of Gordo June 2010
Creator
Betty Slowe
Source
Betty Slowe
Date
July 21, 2024
Type
Photograph
Identifier
2642
Coverage
Pickens County (AL)