Houston County
Updated: April 28, 2022 at 9:23 PM CST
General Information
About Houston County, AL

Houston County is a county located in the state of Alabama. Dothan, AL is the county seat. As of 2020, the county's population is 107,202, an increase of 1.25% from 2019.
Houston County is home to 12 municipalities which combine for a total population of 85,536.
Website: Houston County Website
Municipalities
Name | Population (2020) | Mayor |
---|---|---|
Dothan | 71,072 | Mark Saliba |
Taylor | 2,262 | Billy M. Snell, Jr. |
Kinsey | 2,203 | Jason Reneau |
Ashford | 2,246 | Carole Barfield |
Cowarts | 1,930 | Randy Roland |
Rehobeth | 1,791 | Joe P. Collins |
Webb | 1,270 | Cindy Buie |
Cottonwood | 1,048 | Ken Hamilton |
Columbia | 690 | Rhonda Freeman |
Avon | 465 | Timothy Prevatt |
Gordon | 294 | Shana Ray |
Madrid | 265 | Elaine Williams |
Sheriff
- Sheriff: Donald Valenza - Republican
Probate Judge
- Probate Judge: Patrick H. Davenport - Republican
Commissioners
- Commission Chairman: Mark S. Culver - Republican
- Commissioner District District 1: James Curtis Harvey Jr. - Democrat
- Commissioner District District 2: Doug Sinquefield - Republican
- Commissioner District District 3: Ricky M. Herring - Republican
- Commissioner District District 4: Brandon Shoupe - Republican
School Board
- District 1: David Hollinger - Democrat
- District 2: Scott Long - Republican
- District 3: Gary Cox - Republican
- District 4: Marty Collins - Republican
- District 5: Chris Lasseter - Republican
- District 6: Scott Thomas - Republican
- District 7: Vince Wade - Republican
Other Elected Officials
- Coroner: Robert Byrd - Republican