Palmetto, AlabamaPalmetto is an unincorporated community in northeastern Pickens County, Alabama, United States.HistoryPalmetto was named for Palmetto, another unincorporated community in South Carolina. A post office operated under the name Palmetto from 1853 to 1905.TransportationThe community is served by an Alabama state highway and two Pickens County roads: - north to Kennedy and State Route 96 and south to Reform - south to Reform and SR 17 - northeast to Pickens County Road 51 and Ashcraft Corner