This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Alabama, United States.

Classification

Barren site

  • Sites no longer in existence
  • Sites that have been destroyed
  • Covered with water
  • Reverted to pasture
  • May have a few difficult to find foundations/footings at most

Neglected site

  • Only rubble left
  • All buildings uninhabited
  • Roofless building ruins
  • Some buildings or houses still standing, but majority are roofless

Abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses all abandoned
  • No population, except caretaker
  • Site no longer in existence except for one or two buildings, for example old church, grocery store

Semi-abandoned site

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Buildings and houses largely abandoned
  • Few residents
  • Many abandoned buildings
  • Small population

Historic community

  • Building or houses still standing
  • Still a busy community
  • Smaller than its boom years
  • Population has decreased dramatically, to one fifth or less.

Ghost towns

Town name   Other name   County   Established   Disestablished   Current status   Remarks   
Aigleville[1]Marengo18181830sBarrenEstablished by French Vine and Olive colonists
Arcola[2]Arcola FerryHale1820s1850sHistoricEstablished by French Vine and Olive colonists
Bainbridge[3]Bam Bridge, BambridgeColbert, Lauderdale18191840sSubmerged Under Wilson Lake
Barnesville[4]MarionHistoric
Battelle[4]DeKalbNeglected
Beaver Mills[4]Beaver MeadowMobileNeglectedSite of a uniform depot during Civil War
BellefonteJackson18211920sNeglectedFormer county seat of Jackson County
Blakeley[4]Baldwin18131865Neglected Former county seat of Baldwin County
BlancheCherokeeBarrenSite at intersection of State Route 35 and State Route 273
Bluff City[3]Bluff, MonroeMorgan18181881
BlufftonCherokee18881934BarrenFormer iron ore mining town
Boston[4]Franklin
BrownvilleTuscaloosa1925Approx. 1989Abandoned / demolishedFormer 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]Dallas18191865AbandonedFirst capital of Alabama, from 1820-1826
Cedric[4]RandolphFour miles southwest of Roanoke
Centerdale[4]Morgan
Chandler Springs[5]Talladega18321918AbandonedNationally famous resort town, from 1832-1918
Choctaw CornerClarkeBarrenArea now part of Thomasville
Chulafinnee Placers[3]Cleburne18351840s
Claiborne[4][6]Monroe18161870sAbandonedOne of the largest settlements in early Alabama
Clarkesville[7]ClarkevilleClarke18191860sBarrenFirst county seat of Clarke County
Dumphries[3]Washington18191839
Erie[4][3]Hale18191855Barren Former county seat of Hale County
FailetownClarkeSite of the Bashi Skirmish a battle during the Creek War.
Finchburg[3]Finchburgh, FinchbergMonroeAmasa Coleman Lee, the father of Harper Lee did live in this town.
FitzpatrickBullockHistoric
Fort Gaines[3]MobileHistoric Defensive fort on Mobile Bay. Now serves as a museum and tourist attraction on Dauphin Island.
Fort McClellanCalhoun19121999Abandoned/historicFormer army base outside of Anniston
Fort Morgan[3]BaldwinDefensive fort on Mobile Bay
Gantts QuarryTalladega18302000AbandonedFormer mining town
Gold Log Mine[3]TalladegaFormer gold mining camp
Houston[3]WinstonHistoricFormer county seat of Winston County
KaultonTuscaloosa1912BarrenFormer Kaul Lumber Company company town and mill site; now part of Tuscaloosa
Kowaliga Benson, Kowaliga Industrial Community Elmore, later Tallapoosa c.1890 c.1926 Barren and submerged Former historically African-American community with a focus on industry, was partially submerged under Lake Martin after the creation of Martin Dam.[8]
Louina[3]Randolph18341905At one time the largest town in Randolph County
Manasco[4]Walker
Massillon[3]Dallas
MindenCalhoun
Montezuma[3]Covington CourthouseCovingtonFirst county seat of Covington County
Morgan Stream
Mountain MillsColbert18721893BarrenFormer home of large cotton mill
Nottingham[3]Jones Camp GroundTalladega1880s1895Steel town
Odena[3]Shirtee Plantation, Odena Plantation, Oden's MillTalladegaBarren
Old Ramer[4]Montgomery18501895
Pansey[4]HoustonThe 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, Lucy Baxley who served from 2003 to 2007 was born here.
PikevilleMarionFirst county seat of Marion County
Prairie BluffPrairie Blue, Dale, DaletownWilcox18191870sSubmergedFormer Alabama River shipping port
Riverton[4][9][10]Point Smith 1846-1851, Chickasaw 1851-1890, Riverton 1890-1930sColbert18461930sSubmergedFormer 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 CreekTuscaloosa
St. Stephens[4]Washington1789 Historic First territorial capital of Alabama
Stanton[4]Chilton
TooktocaugeeCalhounBarrenFormer Creek Indian village
Turkey TownCherokee1770BarrenFormer Creek Indian village
Valhermoso Springs[3]Chunn Springs, Manning Springs, Valhermosa Springs, White Sulpher SpringsMorganFormer health resort
Vienna[4]PickensFormer Tombigbee River port.
WashingtonAutauga18171879Barren/submergedFirst county seat of Autauga County

References

  1. Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. pp. 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Guide to the Ghost Towns of Alabama". Ghost Town USA. Gary B Speck Publications. December 28, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Ghost Towns of Alabama". Ghost Towns. ghosttowns.com. Retrieved May 11, 2009.
  5. "Alabama Ghost-Town Project". Ghost Towns of Alabama. BamaRides.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011. Retrieved February 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. Hedreen, Siri (April 28, 2021). "Timeline: The rise and fall of Benson". Alexander City Outlook (article and image carousel). Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  9. Map of Northwest Alabama Area-alabama.hometownlocator.com/al/colbert/riverton.cfm
  10. Ed Vengrouskie (1999). Colbert County Alabama History - History of the Northwest Corner of Alabama. www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ alcolber/hist-nwal.htm
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