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]	Arcola Ferry	Hale	1820s	1850s	Historic	Established by French Vine and Olive colonists
Bainbridge[3]	Bam Bridge, Bambridge	Colbert, Lauderdale	1819	1840s	Submerged	Under Wilson Lake
Barnesville[4]		Marion			Historic
Battelle[4]		DeKalb			Neglected
Beaver Mills[4]	Beaver Meadow	Mobile			Neglected	Site of a uniform depot during Civil War
Bellefonte		Jackson	1821	1920s	Neglected	Former county seat of Jackson County
Blakeley[4]		Baldwin	1813	1865	Neglected	Former county seat of Baldwin County
Blanche		Cherokee			Barren	Site at intersection of State Route 35 and State Route 273
Bluff City[3]	Bluff, Monroe	Morgan	1818	1881
Bluffton		Cherokee	1888	1934	Barren	Former iron ore mining town
Boston[4]		Franklin
Brownville		Tuscaloosa	1925	Approx. 1989	Abandoned / Demolished	Former company town for W.P. Brown and Sons Lumber Co., some plots still visible near intersection of Tabernacle Road and Brownville Pike Road in Northwestern Tuscaloosa County
Cahaba[4][3]		Dallas	1819	1865	Abandoned	First capital of Alabama, from 1820-1826
Cedric[4]		Randolph				Four miles southwest of Roanoke
Centerdale[4]		Morgan
Chandler Springs[5]		Talladega	1832	1918	Abandoned	Nationally famous resort town, from 1832-1918
Choctaw Corner		Clarke			Barren	Area now part of Thomasville
Chulafinnee Placers[3]		Cleburne	1835	1840s
Claiborne[4][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[3]		Washington	1819	1839
Erie[4][3]		Hale	1819	1855	Barren	Former county seat of Hale County
Failetown		Clarke
Finchburg[3]	Finchburgh, Finchberg	Monroe
Fort Gaines[3]		Mobile			Historic	Defensive fort on Mobile Bay. Now serves as a museum and tourist attraction on Dauphin Island.
Fort McClellan		Calhoun	1912	1999	Abandoned/Historic	Former army base outside of Anniston
Fort Morgan[3]		Baldwin				Defensive fort on Mobile Bay
Gantts Quarry		Talladega	1830	2000	Abandoned	Former mining town
Gold Log Mine[3]		Talladega				Former gold mining camp
Houston[3]		Winston			Historic	Former county seat of Winston County
Kaulton		Tuscaloosa	1912		Barren	Former Kaul Lumber Company company town and mill site; now part of Tuscaloosa
Louina[3]		Randolph	1834	1905		At one time the largest town in Randolph County
Manasco[4]		Walker
Massillon[3]		Dallas
Minden		Calhoun
Montezuma[3]	Covington Courthouse	Covington				First county seat of Covington County
Morgan Stream
Mountain Mills		Colbert	1872	1893	Barren	Former home of large cotton mill
Nottingham[3]	Jones Camp Ground	Talladega	1880s	1895		Steel town
Odena[3]	Shirtee Plantation, Odena Plantation, Oden's Mill	Talladega			Barren
Old Ramer[4]		Montgomery	1850	1895
Pansey[4]		Houston
Pikeville		Marion				First county seat of Marion County
Prairie Bluff	Prairie Blue, Dale, Daletown	Wilcox	1819	1870s	Submerged	Former Alabama River shipping port
Riverton [4][8][9]	Point Smith 1846-1851, Chickasaw 1851-1890, Riverton 1890-1930s	Colbert	1846	1930s	Submerged	Former Tennessee River port town, now underwater due to the construction of the Pickwick Landing Dam. The only current remnant of Riverton is a cemetery located along the Rose Trail
Rockcastle[3]	Davis Creek	Tuscaloosa
St. Stephens[4]		Washington	1769		Historic	First territorial capital of Alabama
Stanton[4]		Chilton
Tooktocaugee		Calhoun			Barren	Former Creek Indian village
Turkey Town		Cherokee	1770		Barren	Former Creek Indian village
Valhermoso Springs[3]	Chunn Springs, Manning Springs, Valhermosa Springs, White Sulpher Springs	Morgan				Former health resort
Vienna[4]		Pickens
Waldo[3]		Talladega
Washington		Autauga	1817	1879	Barren/Submerged	First county seat of Autauga County

References

1. Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 57–58. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
2. Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 60. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
3. "Guide to the Ghost Towns of Alabama". Ghost Town USA. Gary B Speck Publications. Dec 28, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
4. "Ghost Towns of Alabama". Ghost Towns. ghosttowns.com. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
5. "Alabama Ghost-Town Project". Ghost Towns of Alabama. BamaRides.com. Retrieved Feb 26, 2011.
6. Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 71–72. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
7. Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 72–73. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
8. Map of Northwest Alabama Area-alabama.hometownlocator.com/al/colbert/riverton.cfm
9. Ed Vengrouskie (1999). Colbert County Alabama History - History of the Northwest Corner of Alabama. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ alcolber/hist-nwal.htm

External links

• Alabama Ghost Towns
• Cahawba, Alabama
• Alabama Ghost Towns - Treasure Quest Metal Detecting