List of ghost towns in Alabama
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Alabama, United States of America
Classification
Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. They can be generally classified as barren sites, neglected sites, abandoned sites, or historic sites. Barren sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have been destroyed, covered with water, or reverted to empty land. Neglected sites have only remains of the former settlement, such as rubble or dilapidated buildings. Abandoned sites are largely unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Historic sites may have a small population, though there are far fewer citizens than in its past.
Ghost towns
| Town name |
Other name |
County |
Established |
Disestablished |
Current status |
Remarks |
| Aigleville[1] |
|
Marengo |
1818 |
1830s |
Barren |
Established by French Vine and Olive colonists |
| Arcola[2] |
|
Hale |
1820s |
1850s |
Historic |
Established by French Vine and Olive colonists |
| Barnsville[3] |
Bam Bridge, Bambridge |
Colbert, Lauderdale |
1819 |
1840s |
|
Under Wilson Lake |
| Battelle[3] |
|
DeKalb |
|
|
Neglected |
|
| Beaver Mills[3] |
Beaver Meadow |
Mobile |
|
|
Neglected |
Site of a uniform depot during Civil War |
| Bellefonte |
|
|
|
|
Neglected |
|
| Blakeley[3] |
|
Baldwin |
1813 |
1865 |
|
Former county seat of Baldwin County |
| Blanche |
|
Cherokee |
|
|
Barren |
Site at intersection of State Route 35 and State Route 273 |
| Bluff City[4] |
Bluff, Monroe |
Morgan |
1818 |
1881 |
|
|
| Boston[3] |
|
Franklin |
|
|
|
|
| Broomtown |
|
Cherokee |
|
|
Barren |
|
| Chandler Springs[5] |
|
Talladega |
1832 |
1918 |
Abandoned |
Nationally famous resort town, from 1832-1918 |
| Cahaba[3][4] |
|
Dallas |
1819 |
1865 |
Abandoned |
First capital of Alabama, from 1820-1826 |
| Cedric[3] |
|
Randolph |
|
|
|
Four miles southwest of Roanoke |
| Centerdale[3] |
|
Morgan |
|
|
|
|
| Chulafinnee Placers[4] |
|
Cleburne |
1835 |
1840s |
|
|
| Claiborne[3][6] |
|
Monroe |
1816 |
1870s |
Abandoned |
One of the largest settlements in early Alabama |
| Clarkesville[7] |
Clarkeville |
Clarke |
1819 |
1860s |
Barren |
First county seat of Clarke County |
| Dumphries[4] |
|
Washington |
1819 |
1839 |
|
|
| Erie[3][4] |
|
Hale |
1819 |
1855 |
|
Former county seat of Hale County |
| Failetown |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Finchburg[4] |
Finchburgh, Finchberg |
Monroe |
|
|
|
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| Forney |
|
|
|
|
|
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| Fort Gaines[4] |
|
Mobile |
|
|
|
Defensive fort on Mobile Bay. Now serves as a museum and tourist attraction on Dauphin Island. |
| Fort McClellan |
|
Calhoun |
|
|
|
Former army base outside of Anniston |
| Fort Morgan[4] |
|
Baldwin |
|
|
|
Defensive fort on Mobile Bay |
| Gold Log Mine[4] |
|
Talladega |
|
|
|
Former gold mining camp |
| Houston[4] |
|
Winston |
|
|
Historic |
Former county seat of Winston County |
| Louina[4] |
|
Randolph |
|
|
|
At one time the largest town in Randolph County |
| Manasco[3] |
|
Walker |
|
|
|
|
| Massillon[4] |
|
Dallas |
|
|
|
|
| Montezuma[4] |
Covington Courthouse |
Covington |
|
|
|
First county seat of Covington County |
| Morgan Stream |
|
|
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|
|
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| Nottingham[4] |
Jones Camp Ground |
Talladega |
1880s |
1895 |
|
Steel town |
| Odena[4] |
Shirtee Plantation, Odena Plantation, Oden's Mill |
Talladega |
|
|
Barren |
|
| Old Ramer[3] |
|
Montgomery |
1850 |
1895 |
|
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| Pansey[3] |
|
Houston |
|
|
|
|
| Prairie Bluff |
Prairie Blue, Dale, Daletown |
Wilcox |
1819 |
1870s |
Barren |
Former Alabama River shipping port |
| Rockcastle[4] |
Davis Creek |
Tuscaloosa |
|
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|
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| Rock Run |
|
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| St. Stephens[3] |
|
Washington |
|
|
|
First territorial capital of Alabama |
| Stanton[3] |
|
Chilton |
|
|
|
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| Valhermoso Springs[4] |
Chunn Springs, Manning Springs, Valhermosa Springs, White Sulpher Springs |
Morgan |
|
|
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Former health resort |
| Vienna[3] |
|
Pickens |
|
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|
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| Waldo[4] |
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Talladega |
|
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References
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 57–58. ISBN 0817311254.
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 60. ISBN 0817311254.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Ghost Towns of Alabama". Ghost Towns. ghosttowns.com. http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/al/al.html. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Guide to the Ghost Towns of Alabama". Ghost Town USA. Gary B Speck Publications. Dec 28, 2008. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gtusa/usa/al.htm. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
- ^ "Alabama Ghost-Town Project". Ghost Towns of Alabama. BamaRides.com. http://bamarides.com/rideforum/alabama-ghost-town-project/. Retrieved Feb 26, 2011.
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 0817311254.
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0817311254.
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