Houston is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Winston County,

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, United States. It was the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...

from 1858 until 1884, when the seat was moved to Double Springs. Houston has one site on the

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, the log Houston Jail.

Demographics

Houston appeared once on the U.S. Census in 1880, shortly before it lost its status as county seat. It has not appeared on census rolls since.

Geography

Houston is located at and has an elevation of .

References

Unincorporated communities in Alabama Unincorporated communities in Winston County, Alabama Former county seats in Alabama Towns in Alabama Ghost towns in Alabama {{WinstonCountyAL-geo-stub