Winston County, Alabama
Winston County, Alabama | |
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Winston County Courthouse in Double Springs | |
Location within the U.S. state of Alabama | |
| Coordinates: 34°08′57″N 87°22′29″W / 34.149166666667°N 87.374722222222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alabama |
| Founded | February 12, 1850 |
| Named after | John A. Winston |
| Seat | Double Springs |
| Largest city | Haleyville |
| Area | |
• Total | 632 sq mi (1,640 km2) |
| • Land | 613 sq mi (1,590 km2) |
| • Water | 19 sq mi (49 km2) 3.0% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 23,540 |
• Estimate (2024) | 23,869 |
| • Density | 38.4/sq mi (14.8/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional district | 4th |
| Website | www |
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Winston County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,540. Its county seat is Double Springs. Known as Hancock County before 1858, the county is named in honor of John A. Winston, the fifteenth Governor of Alabama. The county had few slaves and has been a bastion of Republican Party loyalty for much of its history, even during the many decades of Democrat Party domination across much of the South and in the state of Alabama after the Reconstruction era.