Annie Scott Tyler (Annie's Town), daughter-in-law of General Daniel Tyler, one of Anniston's founders.
Anniston, Alabama, was renamed "Annie's Town" in honor of Annie Scott Tyler, wife of Gen. Tyler's son, Alfred on July 3, 1883.
Anniston is a city located in Calhoun County in Alabama, a state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,276. The city is the county seat of Calhoun County and the urban center of the Anniston-Oxford Metropolitan Statistical Area.