title: Dogtown, Walker County, Alabama
text: # Dogtown, Walker County, Alabama
  
  Dogtown is an unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama, United States.
  
  ## History
  
  United States federal judge Frank Minis Johnson's father, Frank M. Johnson, Sr., formerly taught at a school in Dogtown.
  
  The area is home to several abandoned coal mines.
  
  