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Black Warrior Town

Ghost town · Walker County, Alabama

Sipsey quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:24,000)
Sipsey quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1949, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Black Warrior Town is a ghost town in Walker County, Alabama. It is one of 6 former communities in Walker County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Black Warrior Town as a historical populated place on the Sipsey 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 33.8120° N, 87.0522° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSipsey
Elevation321 ft
Nearest living townSipsey, AL
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID151556
Coordinates33.81205, -87.05222

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What's there now

Black Warrior Town is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sipsey, AL (population 283), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 321 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Black Warrior Town?

Black Warrior Town is in Walker County, Alabama, at 33.8120, -87.0522.

How many ghost towns are in Walker County?

Walker County, Alabama has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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