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Fort Crawford

Ghost town · Escambia County, Alabama

Brewton South quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000)
Brewton South quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Fort Crawford is a ghost town in Escambia County, Alabama, recorded as human settlement in Alabama, United States of America. It is the only former community in Escambia County recorded on the federal names register, out of 431 across Alabama.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fort Crawford as a historical populated place: 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 31.1008° N, 87.0456° W.

Key facts

Elevation138 ft
Nearest living townEast Brewton, AL
Distance to it0.9 miles
Coordinates31.10080, -87.04560

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What's there now

Fort Crawford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Brewton, AL (population 3,325), about 0.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 138 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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