They didn’t call it “the town of Vestavia Hills” yet. But nearly 75 years ago, the people who lived on this rugged ridge knew what they wanted.

On Oct. 24, 1950, just 96 people showed up to vote on whether their scattered mountaintop community — stitched together by new roads, a country club and the first elementary school — should become an incorporated town.

The result was decisive: 88 in favor, eight against. And with that, Vestavia Hills was born.

That history came back to life this spring, as longtime city attorney and former councilman Pat Boone helped walk residents through the city’s early days during a public forum hosted by the Vestavia Hills Historical Society in April. Boone, who has served as both city attorney and attorney for the Vestavia Hills Board of Education across m

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