The first settler in the Wilsonville area was Henry W. Robertson, who brought his family from South Carolina in 1812 and settled one thousand acres on the location which includes the present farms of W. F. Robertson, James Robertson, and Ralph Robinson's, the last being no relation to the Robertsons. At this time, the closest neighbors were one family of settlers in the Easonville area (a few miles south of Pell City) and one in the Montevallo area. Alabama became a state in 1819, and in 1822, a land office was opened in Tuscaloosa. Mr. Robertson, Mr. Wallace who stayed with the Robertsons while picking the land he wished to claim and other settlers rode horseback to Tuscaloosa to claim their land. The Wallace plantation house still stands four miles north of Wilsonville where Highway 76 connects with Highway 25.
The town of Wilsonville was begun about the time the Indians were driven out of the northern part of Alabama. Some are reported to have passed through the site on which the town is now located.
Notes from the Teague Memoirs of Shelby County tell of a man who lived on this side of the river at McGowan's Ferry (just south of the site of the E.C.Gaston Steam Plant). He had an understanding with an Indian friend on the Talladega County side. The Indian has promised to warn his friend when his people were on a rampage.
One day, the white man saw the smoke signal and spread the alarm thet the Indians were coming. It was related that ribbons, corsets, and many bits of paraphernalia were strewn along the road from Wilsonville to Montevallo as the residents left in great haste. ( Continue )
The largest industry in town is the E.C.Gaston Steam Plant.
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Statistics & Facts on Wilsonville: 
Zip Codes 35186
The population of Wilsonville is approximately 1185.
The approximate number of families is 572.
The amount of land area in Wilsonville is 20.404 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 2.928 sq kilometers:.
The distance from Wilsonville to Washington DC is 676 statute miles.
The distance to the Alabama state capital is 61 statute miles. (Statute miles are "as the crow flies")
Wilsonville is positioned 33.23 degrees north of the equator and 86.47 degrees west of the prime meridian.
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