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Dora is a city in southeastern Walker County, Alabama, set in a valley alongside Horse Creek, a tributary of the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River.

The area around Dora was first settled in the early 1830s by James M. Davis, Ezekiel Morgan, and Cole Smith, with some of the earliest families drawn by land grants after the War of 1812 and the Creek War.

The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad laid its line through the settlement in 1886 and named its depot there "Sharon," sparking the growth of a real town.

Coal mining built Dora: the Magella Coal Company and the Horse Creek Coal and Coke Company were founded in the area, and by 1900 several mines operated nearby.

Dora was first incorporated on February 18, 1897, under the name Horse Creek, and the town's name was changed to Dora in 1906.

Dora counted 2,297 residents in the 2020 census, rebounding from 2,025 in 2010 after a decade of decline.

The 2020 census recorded 920 households and 1,005 housing units in Dora, with a median resident age of about 41 years.

Students in Dora attend Dora High School, whose mascot is the Bulldog and which draws in students from the elementary and middle schools in neighboring Sumiton as part of the Walker County Board of Education.

The city owns and operates the Horse Creek Golf Course, an 18-hole, par-72 course that opened in September 2000 and gained a new clubhouse and event venue in 2017.

Dora's Horse Creek Walking Trail is a paved, lighted 2.5-mile walking and cycling trail running from the golf course to the City of Lights Dream Center, passing the city's park along the way.