CACC traces its history to the Alabama State Legislature Act No.

93 passed in 1963 which provided for the establishment of several institutions of higher learning in Alabama.

[1] In 1966 the college moved to its current campus in a dedication ceremony led by then-Governor George Corley Wallace.

[1] In 1921 the Sylacauga School of Nursing was founded as hospital diploma program.

[1] CACC fields teams in men's golf and baseball and women's tennis and softball in the Alabama Community College Conference.