Dutton was incorporated in 1963 and named for Marion M. Dutton. The area incorporated primarily so it could create the Waterworks Board of Dutton and borrow government funds to install a water system. The present Town Hall and Fire Department building was constructed in 1989 on land donated by W. L. and Pauline Dilbeck. Former mayors included E. B. Thomas, W. L. Dilbeck, Denny Higgins, John B. Ryan, Franklin Myers, Oscar Beard, Sue Strickland, Larry Stockman, Philip Anderson, John Mickey Ryan, and Bryan Stewart. The town received the Alabama Municipal Achievement Award in 2007 and a national award in 2007 for participating in the National Night Out Program. Each year, Dutton holds a community Christmas Parade and an Open House at Town Hall on the second Saturday in December. The Dutton Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1967 through the efforts of a group of men to whom the community owes a huge debt. Its founding members included James Bell, George Dupree, Dean Germany, Glenn Gregg, Denny Higgins, Pat Millican, J. C. Mount, Franklin Myers, James Smart, John B. Ryan, Mickey Ryan, Dairol Stockman, Sylvie Stockman, and Charles Tigue, and Sylvie Stockman served as the first fire chief. The Dutton Community Park was built in 1978 after the town, with help from the Dutton Ruritan Club, purchased 14 acres for the project. The Dutton Community Library was formed in 2008 and is housed in the home of the late Virgie Chambers, a retired school teacher, with one room dedicated to her memory and her love of teaching. In 2009, Dutton and the Dutton Community Library received the Alabama League of Municipalities Municipal Quality of Life Award.