Cordova is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States. It was formerly a textile mill town. It was incorporated in 1897. At the 2010 census the population was 2,095, down from 2,423 in 2000.

Cordova was originally a settlement on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior River called “Dent” or “Dent’s Place.” The city was dubbed “Cordova” by Captain Benjamin M. Long in 1859. He named the city after a city in Mexico where he was stationed during the Mexican–American War. Long himself opened a mercantile shop in the city and helped lure additional industries into the city by providing the land vital for their operations.

The company that had the biggest impact upon the city was Nashua Manufacturing Company out of Nashua, New Hampshire, who brought in the Indian Head Textile Mills. The mill brought in the same way as it many jobs, and as was all right of the day, its own village. The company built over 100 houses in the city, many of which are yet standing, and occupied today. The company even built the Indian Head school on the site of present-day “Cordova Health and Rehabilitation Center.” The mill helped to bring two major railways to the city, which at the period helped attach the city to much of the surrounding area. The mill eventually became its own “town” and even had its own separate police force.

Indian Head Mills was one of the most extremely awarded textile mills during World War II. Their products were found to be above anything standards set forth by the processing by the War Department. The Mill was referred to by the residents as the Cordova Spinners.