Golf in Jasper

Jasper is the county seat of Walker County in the coalfields of northwest Alabama, a community whose identity was defined by the coal mining industry that drove development of the Walker County hills throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The county's underground coal reserves attracted miners from across Appalachia and Central Europe, creating a working-class community with deep roots in the labor traditions of the American coal industry. Jasper's golf market reflects the recreational culture of a community that has weathered the decline of the coal industry while maintaining civic institutions and recreational amenities that reflect the pride of an Alabama coalfields city.