# List of ghost towns in Alabama

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 | | Marengo | 1818 | 1830s | Barren | Established by French Vine and Olive colonists |
| Arcola | Arcola Ferry | Hale | 1820s | 1850s | Historic | Established by French Vine and Olive colonists |
| Bainbridge | Bam Bridge, Bambridge | Colbert, Lauderdale | 1819 | 1840s | Submerged | Under Wilson Lake |
| Barnesville | | Marion | | | Historic | |
| Battelle | | DeKalb | | | Neglected | |
| Beaver Mills | Beaver Meadow | Mobile | | | Neglected | Site of a uniform depot during Civil War |
| Bellefonte | | Jackson | 1821 | 1920s | Neglected | Former county seat of Jackson County |
| Blakeley | | 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 | Bluff, Monroe | Morgan | 1818 | 1881 | | |
| Bluffton | | Cherokee | 1887 | 1934 | Barren | Former iron ore mining town |
| Boston | | 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 | | Dallas | 1819 | 1865 | Abandoned | First capital of Alabama, from 1820-1826 |
| Cedric | | Randolph | | | | Four miles southwest of Roanoke |
| Centerdale | | Morgan | | | | |
| Chandler Springs | | Talladega | 1832 | 1918 | Abandoned | Nationally famous resort town, from 1832-1918 |
| Choctaw Corner | | Clarke | | | Barren | Area now part of Thomasville |
| Chulafinnee Placers | | Cleburne | 1835 | 1840s | | |
| Claiborne | | Monroe | 1816 | 1870s | Abandoned | One of the largest settlements in early Alabama |
| Clarkesville | Clarkeville | Clarke | 1819 | 1860s | Barren | First county seat of Clarke County |
| Dumphries | | Washington | 1819 | 1839 | | |
| Erie | | Hale | 1819 | 1855 | Barren | Former county seat of Hale County |
| Failetown | | Clarke | | | | Site of the Bashi Skirmish a battle during the Creek War. |
| Finchburg | Finchburgh, Finchberg | Monroe | | | | Amasa Coleman Lee, the father of Harper Lee did live in this town. |
| Fitzpatrick | | Bullock | | | Historic | |
| Fort Gaines | | 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 | | Baldwin | | | | Defensive fort on Mobile Bay |
| Gantts Quarry | | Talladega | 1830 | 2000 | Abandoned | Former mining town |
| Gold Log Mine | | Talladega | | | | Former gold mining camp |
| Houston | | 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 |
| 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. |
| Louina | | Randolph | 1834 | 1905 | | At one time the largest town in Randolph County |
| Manasco | | Walker | | | | |
| Massillon | | Dallas | | | | |
| Minden | | Calhoun | | | | |
| Montezuma | Covington Courthouse | Covington | | | Now a neighborhood of River Falls | First county seat of Covington County |
| Morgan Stream | | | | | | |
| Mountain Mills | | Colbert | 1872 | 1893 | Barren | Former home of large cotton mill |
| Nottingham | Jones Camp Ground | Talladega | 1880s | 1895 | | Steel town |
| Odena | Shirtee Plantation, Odena Plantation, Oden's Mill | Talladega | | | Barren | |
| Old Ramer | | Montgomery | 1850 | 1895 | | |
| Pansey | | Houston | | | | The 28th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, Lucy Baxley who served from 2003 to 2007 was born here. |
| Pikeville | | Marion | | | | First county seat of Marion County |
| Prairie Bluff | Prairie Blue, Dale, Daletown | Wilcox | 1819 | 1870s | Submerged | Former Alabama River shipping port |
| Riverton | 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 | Tuscaloosa | | | | |
| St. Stephens | | Washington | 1789 | | Historic | First territorial capital of Alabama |
| Stanton | | Chilton | | | | |
| Tooktocaugee | | Calhoun | | | Barren | Former Creek Indian village |
| Turkey Town | | Cherokee | 1770 | | Barren | Former Creek Indian village |
| Valhermoso Springs | Chunn Springs, Manning Springs, Valhermosa Springs, White Sulpher Springs | Morgan | | | | Former health resort |
| Vienna | | Pickens | | | | Former Tombigbee River port. |
| Washington | | Autauga | 1817 | 1879 | Barren/submerged | First county seat of Autauga County |
| Bell Fontaine | Bell Fountain | Baldwin | ca. 1760 | 1880s | Abandoned/replaced | Former stagecoach stop and settlement |