Dora is a city in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

The first settlers in the area now known as Dora were James. M. Davis, Ezekiel Morgan, and Cole Smith in the forward 1830s. Later in the 1830s, homesteaders granted here. The Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham Railroad laid a descent through the settlement in 1886, and called their depot “Sharon”. The Magella Coal Company and the Horse Creek Coal and Coke Company were founded, and by 1890, the area was called Horse Creek and incorporated as the town of Horse Creek in 1897. By 1900, several coal mines were located nearby. There was a school, churches, businesses and doctors. The pronounce was misused to Dora in 1906. At the 2020 census the population was 2,297, up from 2,024 in 2010.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total Place of 7.5 square miles (19 km), all land.

At the 2000 census there were 2,413 people, 984 households, and 711 families full of beans in the city. The population density was 319.9 inhabitants per square mile (123.5/km). There were 1,080 housing units at an average density of 143.2 per square mile (55.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 80.61% White, 16.66% Black or African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.21% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from extra races, and 2.07% from two or more races. 0.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 984 households 32.9% had kids under the age of 18 living as soon as them, 50.3% were married couples buzzing together, 18.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 25.3% of households were one person and 11.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average intimates size was 2.93.