point was known as "Scott Rock." Later, worker housing was built to accommodate some of the mine employees. The community was named Alabaster after the "large body of high-calcium limestone upon which the town is located".

The First Bank of Alabaster opened in 1952, and its president was George L. Scott Jr., who later was elected as the first mayor of Alabaster. The first attempt in 1952 to incorporate Alabaster failed. In January 1953, the petition was again filed, and on February 23, 1953, Alabaster was officially incorporated, with