This community is located on the northern border of Autauga county. It
took its name from Clement Turner Billingsley, a Revolutionary War Soldier
who came to Autauga County at a very early date. He is buried at the
Gaines Cemetery on County Road 19, near the Haynes Community.  The town
was actually founded by the Carter family. However, because more
citizens named Billingsley lived in the area than those bearing the Carter
name, the community took on the name “Billingsley.” W. W. Carter
was the progenitor of the Carters.
During the 1880s Billingsley had an active pony express station.
After arriving at the station, the mail was delivered twice weekly by a
postman using a two-wheeled cart.
Until the arrival of the railroad in 1898, the community had only one
sawmill and one store. Within six months after the railroad came,
there were six stores and the sawmill had tripled its capacity.
Billingsley is located in the heart of what was referred to in the old days
as the piney woods. This term stemmed from the abundance of pine trees
that grew in the area. It was due also to the pine trees that the sawmills
sprang-up in the section. In the old days before the sawmills, the
general area was sometimes referred to as the Big Hungary.
In the early 1930s the elementary and high schools were separated.
A new building was built for the high school; however this building was
destroyed by fire in 1931. The building that replaced it housed both
high school and elementary school. This building served until the
1990s when it was replaced by a new modern facility. Pictured is a
replica of the 1931 school.
-from the Autauga County Heritage
Association
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Library
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Baptist Church