Alabama Front Porches: The official website for Alabama's Black Belt

Demopolis, Alabama is where the “City of the People” and two rivers meet. Demopolis is located on the white bluffs just below where the Tombigbee River and Black Warrior River come together. It was founded by a group of political exiles who had been banished from France following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte. This group [...]

The Furman Civic Club sponsoring this celebration of Small towns in Alabama on April 17, 2011, and the subsequent driving tour of homes, churches, schools, and other historic sites in this east Wilcox County town. Furman was designated a National Historic District in 1999 along with the nearby towns of Pine Apple and Oak Hill. [...]

In Alabama’s Black Prairie Belt, Chilatchee Creek Campground offers excellent fishing for bass, crappie, bluegill and catfish. The park also provides good bow hunting opportunities for whitetail deer and wild turkey. Numerous fishing tournaments and annual festivals are held in the immediate area. Alerts and Important Information Chilatchee Creek Campground will be renovating the bathhouse [...]

Do you have a favorite photo from Southwest Alabama? Let us know what it is. For now, take a look at a photo Billy Milstead, Americorps Vista volunteer took of the Choctaw County Courthouse. Choctaw County was established in 1847. The current courthouse in Butler is Choctaw County’s second courthouse – built 1906, occupied in [...]

Located in Gee’s Bend, home of the famous Quilters of Gee’s Bend.  Nestled into a curve of the Alabama River, Gee’s Bend was once the site of large cotton plantations owned by Joseph Gee and Mark Pettway.  The women of Gee’s Bend developed a distinctive, sophisticated quilting style that they have passed on for at [...]