PICKENS COUNTY
Southwest of Fayette toward the Mississippi line.
WORKING IN PICKENS COUNTY
Pickens County runs from the ridges around Gordo down through Carrollton and Reform to the Tombigbee bottoms at Aliceville. The Tenn-Tom Waterway and Aliceville Lake shape a lot of the southern end — bottomland soils, high water tables, and lake-edge property all mean drainage and pad elevation get real attention.
LOCAL LANDMARKS
- Pickens County Courthouse in Carrollton (the famous 'Face in the Courthouse Window')
- Aliceville Lake and the Tenn-Tom Waterway
- Tom Bevill Visitor Center and the Lock and Dam
- Aliceville Museum (WWII German POW camp history)
- US-82 corridor through Gordo and Reform
LOCAL CULTURE
The 'Face in the Window' legend at the Carrollton courthouse still pulls in visitors, and Aliceville's POW-camp history gives the county a unique WWII footprint. Bass fishing on Aliceville Lake, deer camps in the Tombigbee bottoms, and small-town Friday-night football round out the local rhythm.