History of Delmar :
          Delmar, Alabama is a small, rural community in west-central Winston County. Delmar is located six miles north of Natural Bridge, five miles south of Haleyville, and 15 miles west of Double Springs, the county seat of the Free State of Winston. Delmar has an elevation of 881 feet above sea level.
Delmar was originally called Frog Level. Presumably, the community was called Frog Level because of the swampy area that existed around the area at the time. In the 1880's, the citizens of Frog Level asked the U.S. Post Office Department to open a post office in their community. At the time, the nearest post office was in Ark (where the current Needmore community is located). However, their request for a post office was denied because there were another Frog Level, Alabama and it had a post office. Incidentially, the other Frog Level, Alabama is now the City of Fayette. So, to get a post office for their community, the citizens of the Frog Level in Winston County had to change the name of their community.
         Around 1887, the name Delmar came into use for the name of the community. The exact origin of the name Delmar is unknown. But, a popular belief has it that a construction engineer with the railroad had a retired race horse by the name of Delmar or Del Mar. The horse was well-known and loved by the community. When the work on the railroad was completed around the year 1887, the community was renamed after the race horse. Today, Delmar is pronounced Delmer. After notifying the U. S. Post Office Department of the name change, the first post office in Delmar, Alabama opened on September 1, 1887 with Newton L. Powell as the first Postmaster of Delmar. In 1971, when Mrs. Martha Roberts Stewart served as Postmaster, the current post office building was erected. Today, Mrs. Sherry Hyche serves as the 19th Postmaster of Delmar, Alabama.
After the Civil War, a rail line was built from Sheffield to Delmar by the North Alabama Railroad. After several years, a rail line was built from Parrish in Walker County to Delmar. This allowed rail service from Birmingham to the Shoals area. Today, Norfolk-Southern Railroad still runs cargo trains through Delmar.
       Like many areas of the eastern United States, Delmar has several places of interest concerning the Civil War. When Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, the people of Winston County used the principle that if a state could secede from the nation then a county could secede from a state. Thus, the Free State of Winston was born. The people of Winston County did not want to fight their Northern or Southern brothers and wanted to remain neutral in the war between the states. The people of Winston County were called Tories (or northern sympathizers) by the people of neighboring counties.