McIntosh, a community of about 300 people of black, white, and Indian ancestry in Washington County, was incorporated on April 7, 1970, as the county’s third incorporated town. Its first officials elected to four-year terms were Mayor Carrol Daugherty, R.A. Boykin, Arla Kern, Frank Everett, W.Z. Wells, and Armond Daugherty. Southern Railroad service linked McIntosh with Mobile, Birmingham, and connecting lines, Highway 43 ran north-south through town, and the Tombigbee River formed its eastern boundary as a navigable waterway that also provided fishing. Telephone service arrived in the early 1950's as two large chemical plants were built near a large salt dome. The surrounding forest long provided livelihoods through abundant longleaf pine, shortleaf pine, and hardwoods including oak, hickory, beech, ash, cedar, cypress, poplar, walnut, gum, and dogwood, with trees used for paper and furniture. In 2010, McIntosh had two schools on separate campuses, five industrial plants, and a Rescue and Fire Department, and Carrol Daugherty was still mayor, the only person elected to that office since incorporation, serving with council members Dean Daugherty, Joe Middleton, Randy Davidson, Julia Wells, and Tony Daugherty.