This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Alabama, United States.
Town name | Other name | County | Established | Disestablished | Current status | Remarks |
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Aigleville[1] | 1818 | 1830s | Barren | Established by French Vine and Olive colonists | ||
Arcola[2] | Arcola Ferry | 1820s | 1850s | Historic | Established by French Vine and Olive colonists | |
Bainbridge[3] | Bam Bridge, Bambridge | 1819 | 1840s | Submerged | Under Wilson Lake | |
Barnesville[4] | Historic | |||||
Battelle | Neglected | |||||
Beaver Mills | Beaver Meadow | Neglected | Site of a uniform depot during Civil War | |||
Bellefonte | 1821 | 1920s | Neglected | Former county seat of Jackson County | ||
Blakeley | 1813 | 1865 | Neglected | Former county seat of Baldwin County | ||
Blanche | Barren | Site at intersection of State Route 35 and State Route 273 | ||||
Bluff City | Bluff, Monroe | 1818 | 1881 | |||
Bluffton | Cherokee | 1888 | 1934 | Barren | Former iron ore mining town | |
Boston | ||||||
Brownville | 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 | 1819 | 1865 | Abandoned | First capital of Alabama, from 1820-1826 | ||
Cedric | Four miles southwest of Roanoke | |||||
Centerdale | ||||||
Chandler Springs[5] | 1832 | 1918 | Abandoned | Nationally famous resort town, from 1832-1918 | ||
Choctaw Corner | Barren | Area now part of Thomasville | ||||
Chulafinnee Placers | 1835 | 1840s | ||||
Claiborne[6] | 1816 | 1870s | Abandoned | One of the largest settlements in early Alabama | ||
Clarkesville[7] | Clarkeville | 1819 | 1860s | Barren | First county seat of Clarke County | |
Dumphries | 1819 | 1839 | ||||
Erie | 1819 | 1855 | Barren | Former county seat of Hale County | ||
Failetown | Site of the Bashi Skirmish a battle during the Creek War. | |||||
Finchburg | Finchburgh, Finchberg | Amasa Coleman Lee, the father of Harper Lee did live in this town. | ||||
Historic | ||||||
Fort Gaines | Historic | Defensive fort on Mobile Bay. Now serves as a museum and tourist attraction on Dauphin Island. | ||||
Fort McClellan | 1912 | 1999 | Abandoned/historic | Former army base outside of Anniston | ||
Fort Morgan | Defensive fort on Mobile Bay | |||||
Gantts Quarry | 1830 | 2000 | Abandoned | Former mining town | ||
Gold Log Mine | Former gold mining camp | |||||
Houston | Historic | Former county seat of Winston County | ||||
Kaulton | 1912 | Barren | Former Kaul Lumber Company company town and mill site; now part of Tuscaloosa | |||
Kowaliga | Benson, Kowaliga Industrial Community | 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 | 1834 | 1905 | At one time the largest town in Randolph County | |||
Manasco | ||||||
Massillon | ||||||
Minden | ||||||
Montezuma | Covington Courthouse | First county seat of Covington County | ||||
Morgan Stream | ||||||
Mountain Mills | 1872 | 1893 | Barren | Former home of large cotton mill | ||
Nottingham | Jones Camp Ground | 1880s | 1895 | Steel town | ||
Odena | Shirtee Plantation, Odena Plantation, Oden's Mill | Barren | ||||
Old Ramer | 1850 | 1895 | ||||
Pansey | The 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, Lucy Baxley who served from 2003 to 2007 was born here. | |||||
Pikeville | First county seat of Marion County | |||||
Prairie Bluff | Prairie Blue, Dale, Daletown | 1819 | 1870s | Submerged | Former Alabama River shipping port | |
Riverton[9] [10] | 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 | Davis Creek | |||||
St. Stephens | 1789 | Historic | First territorial capital of Alabama | |||
Stanton | ||||||
Tooktocaugee | Barren | Former Creek Indian village | ||||
Turkey Town | 1770 | Barren | Former Creek Indian village | |||
Valhermoso Springs | Chunn Springs, Manning Springs, Valhermosa Springs, White Sulpher Springs | Former health resort | ||||
Vienna | Former Tombigbee River port. | |||||
Washington | 1817 | 1879 | Barren/submerged | First county seat of Autauga County | ||
Bell Fontaine | Bell Fountain | ca. 1760 | 1880s | Abandoned/replaced | Former stagecoach stop and settlement | |