Ghost Towns in Alabama

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51 ghost towns

4% sit on public land · 12 with a free-licensed photo

249
  • State 2
  • Private or unlisted 49
Illustration of a south landscape
Illustration of the most common landscape type among Alabama's ghost towns.

The largest share, 49 of 51, sits on land missing from the public lands database, which usually means private property: look from the road unless the owner says otherwise. Each town page has the land manager, monthly weather and the nearest open town.

AiglevilleArcolaBellefonteBlakeleyCahabaClaiborneFailetownFort CrawfordGantts QuarryPanseyPrairie BluffBarnsville
  • State 2
  • Private or unlisted 49

Each dot is a ghost town, colored by who manages the land at its location. Labels mark the most searched. Live map: © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.

Most searched in Alabama

All 51 by county

Autauga County 1

Baldwin County 3

Bibb County 1

Bullock County 1

Calhoun County 2

Chambers County 1

Cherokee County 2

Chilton County 1

Clarke County 3

Cleburne County 1

Colbert County 1

Covington County 1

Cullman County 1

Dallas County 1

DeKalb County 3

Elmore County 1

Escambia County 1

Hale County 2

Houston County 1

Jackson County 2

Marengo County 1

Marion County 2

Mobile County 1

Monroe County 3

Morgan County 2

Pickens County 1

Randolph County 1

Talladega County 1

Tuscaloosa County 2

Washington County 1

Wilcox County 2

Winston County 4

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