Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Gu-Win, AL

Gu-Win is a small incorporated town in Marion County, Alabama, with a small portion extending into Fayette County — although as of the 2010 census, all of its residents lived on the Marion County side.

The town's unusual name blends the names of its two neighbors, Guin and Winfield, which lie about three miles to either side of it along U.S. Route 43.

The community was earlier known as Ear Gap and grew up along the railroad line between Guin and Winfield.

When the city of Guin moved to annex the community in the 1950s, residents incorporated on their own in 1956, taking the town's name from the local Gu-Win Drive-In Theater.

George Thornton, the drive-in theater's owner, became Gu-Win's first mayor.

The drive-in still operates today, under a new name — the Blue Moon Drive-In.

The 2020 census counted 141 people in Gu-Win, down from 176 in 2010 and 204 in 2000, when the town had 86 households and 63 families.

Gu-Win covers about 1.94 square miles, all of it land.

The town sits at a low gap between the Buttahatchee River watershed to the west and Luxapallila Creek to the southeast, both of which drain into the Tombigbee River.

Sugar Creek, near the town's southern tip, is used for kayaking and fishing.