Dixons Mills is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.

[1] The community was named for a group of mills operated by Joel B. Dixon in the 19th century.

[2] Dixons Mills has a post office utilizing the 36736 ZIP code.

Beginning in the late 1820s, Joel B. Dixon, Sr. operated a water-powered gristmill at a dam that he and his sons built on Mill Creek along the old Linden-to-Choctaw Corner Road.

His business grew and eventually included a steam engine-driven sawmill and two steam-powered cotton gins.