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Braehead

Ghost town · Bibb County, Alabama

Blocton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)
Blocton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Braehead is a ghost town in Bibb County, Alabama. It is one of 21 former communities in Bibb County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Braehead as a historical populated place on the West Blocton West 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 33.0829° N, 87.1536° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWest Blocton West
Elevation459 ft
Nearest living townWest Blocton, AL
Distance to it2.9 miles
GNIS feature ID138359
Coordinates33.08290, -87.15361

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Braehead today, aerial view
Blocton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)

Left: Blocton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Braehead is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is West Blocton, AL (population 1,320), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 459 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Braehead?

Braehead is in Bibb County, Alabama, at 33.0829, -87.1536.

How many ghost towns are in Bibb County?

Bibb County, Alabama has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.