Villanow

Walker County’s hamlet of Villanow is interesting.

It is a crossroads community which has an interesting history regarding its name.

Two stories exist….one states that the name derives from a magnificent palace described in Jane Porter’s novel, Thaddeus of Warsaw, named Villanow. Another more local story tells of Mrs. Constantine Wood proposing the name saying, “It is no longer a hamlet, but it is now a village, or a village now, i.e. “Villa-now”.

I mentioned Villanow in my article Changing Pockets back in June.

This is a picture of the Villanow General Store.