Hale County Alabama Ghost Towns

Hale County Alabama Ghost Towns

Arcola Alabama

Arcola is a ghost town on the Black Warrior River in what is now Hale County, formerly Marengo County, Alabama.

Cypress Alabama

Dates from 1900
Latitude N32 56.880′ Longitude W87 40.20′
32°56’52.8″N 87°40’12.0″W
32.948000, -87.670000
Located about four miles northwest of Havaa on the junction of railroad and County Road 21

Erie Alabama

Erie is a ghost town located in present-day Hale County. Erie was formerly the county seat of a larger Greene County, but the seat was moved to Eutaw in 1838 for the benefits of a more central location in a developing frontier area. Erie declined without the benefit of county government business.

Dates from 1819
Latitude N32 42.919′ Longitude W85 48.252′
32°42’55.1″N 85°48’15.1″W
32.715317, -85.804200
Located about one mile west-northwest of Walnut Hill

Evansville Alabama aka Evans Alabama

Latitude N32 50.287′ Longitude W87 45.148′
32°50’17.2″N 87°45’08.9″W
32.838117, -87.752467
Located about three miles north of Wedgeworth and about one mile west of the junction of Country Road 34 and State Road 60

Far View Plantation

Latitude N32 48.340′ Longitude W87 39.340′
32°48’20.4″N 87°39’20.4″W
32.805667, -87.655667

Located about six miles east of Wedgeworth and one-half mile east of the junction of County Road 32 and County Road 21 and south of Country Road 32

Hatche Alabama

Latitude N32 44.107′ Longitude W87 40.051′
32°44’06.4″N 87°40’03.1″W
32.735117, -87.667517

Located about five miles northwest of Greensboro and on the railroad about one-half mile southeast of the junction of the railroad and Country Road 30.

Hogglesville Alabama

Latitude N32 51.255′ Longitude W87 29.502′
32°51’15.3″N 87°29’30.1″W
32.854250, -87.491700
About thirteen miles northeast of Greensboro, just north of County Road 85 and southwest of the junction of Country Road 85 and County Road 29.

Laneville Alabama

Latitude N32 31.362′ Longitude W87 35.787′
32°31’21.7″N 87°35’47.2″W
32.522700, -87.596450
About five miles east of Prairieville on the junction of State Road 25 and County Road 12.

Phipps Alabama

Latitude N32 55.782′ Longitude W87 30.162′
32°55’46.9″N 87°30’09.7″W
32.929700, -87.502700

Powers Alabama

Dates From: 1886
Latitude N32 57.935′ Longitude W87 39.347′
32°57’56.1″N 87°39’20.8″W
32.965583, -87.655783

LOCATED ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF HAVANA AND ON THE JUNCTION OF THE RAILROAD AND CR 46.

Stewart Alabama

Dates From: 1844

Latitude N32 54.668′ Longitude W87 42.363′
32°54’40.1″N 87°42’21.8″W
32.911133, -87.706050
LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF HAVANA AND ABOUT 2/10 OF THE JUNCTION OF THE RAILROAD AND CR 42.

Sunshine Alabama

Latitude N32 33.590′ Longitude W87 32.916′
32°33’35.4″N 87°32’55.0″W
32.559833, -87.548600

LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF NEWBERN, JUST NORTH OF CR 10, AND 3/10 MILE EAST OF THE JUNCTION OF CR 10 AND CR 39, ABOUT 1 MILE FROM THE SOUTHEAST COUNTY LINE.