Dogtown 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 Walker County,

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

, United States.

History

United States federal judge

Frank Minis Johnson Frank Minis Johnson Jr. (October 30, 1918 – July 23, 1999) was a United States district judge and United States circuit judge, who served from 1955 to 1999 on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, United States C ...

's father, Frank M. Johnson, Sr., formerly taught at a school in Dogtown. The area is home to several abandoned coal mines.

References

Unincorporated communities in Walker County, Alabama Unincorporated communities in Alabama {{WalkerCountyAL-geo-stub