Elmore County was established on February 15, 1866, from portions of Autauga, Coosa, Tallapoosa, and Montgomery counties. The county has a total area of 657 square miles of which 618 square miles is land and 39 square miles is water. The county was named for John Archer Elmore who was a military officer and politician. The area around Wetumpka was the heart of the Upper Creek lands, whose largest towns were located on the banks of the Coosa and at its confluence with the Tallapoosa River, at Wetumpka and Talisi (now Tallassee), respectively.

Join Main Street Wetumpka for the first annual Scarecrow Row! Scarecrow Row is a fun, fall contest & event being held throughout downtown Wetumpka. We are looking for artistic & crafty individuals, organizations, schools, and businesses to create unique scarecrows for the contest. The more creative the BETTER!

Join Main Street Wetumpka for the Coosa Candy Crawl! Dress in your favorite costume and trick-or-treat through our local downtown businesses and table sponsors. This event benefits the Elmore County Food Bank.

Trick-or-treaters are asked to bring non-perishable & non-expired food items to be donated to the Food Bank.