Houston is an unincorporated community in Winston County, Alabama, United States. It was the county seat from 1858 until 1884, when the seat was moved to Double Springs. Houston has one site on the National Register of Historic Places, the log Houston Jail.Houston appeared once on the U.S. Census in 1880, shortly before it lost its status as county seat. It has not appeared on census rolls since.Houston is located at 34°08′29″N 87°15′29″W / 34.14149°N 87.25806°W / 34.14149; -87.25806 and has an elevation of 761 feet.