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Baker County was established on December 30, 1868, named for Alfred Baker, with its county seat at Grantville. Residents of the county petitioned the Alabama legislature for the renaming of their county; it was not something forced upon them. On December 17, 1874, the petitioners accepted the suggestion of Chilton County, even though Rep. William Parish Chilton had not lived within its boundaries. In 1871, the county seat was moved to what is now Clanton after the Grantville courthouse burned.
In 1942, the U.S. Navy commissioned a new vessel, the USS Chilton, in honor of Chilton County.
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