Delmar Alabama

Delmar, Alabama is a small, rural community in west-central Winston County, Alabama. Delmar is located six miles north of Natural Bridge five miles south of Haleyville and 15 miles west of Double Springs, the county seat of what was once the "Free State of Winston. Find cheap flights and hotels at Kayakcom. " Delmar has an elevation of 881 feet above sea level.

Origins of the name "Delmar"

Delmar was originally called "Frog Level. " Presumably, the community was called Frog Level because of the swampy land that existed around the area at the time. In the 1800s, the citizens of Frog Level asked the U. S. Postal Service to open a post office in their community, since the nearest post office was in Ark (where Needmore, Alabama is currently located). Happenings and goings-on in this small Winston County town. Their request was denied because there was another Frog Level, Alabama (now Fayette, Alabama) and it already had a post office. In order to get a post office, the citizens of the Frog Level in Winston County had to change their town's name. Around 1887, the town began to be known as "Delmar. "

The exact origins of the name "Delmar" are unknown. A popular belief holds that a construction engineer with the railroad had a retired race horse by the name of "Delmar" or "Del Mar" (Spanish for "from the sea").