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Baltimore

Ghost town · Cullman County, Alabama

Arkadelphia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000)
Arkadelphia quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Baltimore is a ghost town in Cullman County, Alabama. It is the only former community in Cullman County recorded on the federal names register, out of 431 across Alabama.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Baltimore as a historical populated place on the Arkadelphia topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.9176° N, 86.8869° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleArkadelphia
Elevation314 ft
Nearest living townColony, AL
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2044255
Coordinates33.91760, -86.88694

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What's there now

Baltimore is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Colony, AL (population 261), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 314 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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