Partial-Ruin Ghost Towns in Alabama

There are 8 partial-ruin ghost towns documented in Alabama. Partial-ruin ghost towns are places where the bones remain: standing walls, collapsed roofs, stone foundations and the occasional intact structure. They reward careful explorers with a camera and good boots.

Notable examples include Battelle, Beaver Mills, Bellefonte, Blakeley, Cahaba. They cluster most densely in Talladega County, DeKalb County, Mobile County. 1 of these sites is known to be publicly accessible; for the rest, confirm access with landowners or managing agencies first.