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Fountainrun

Ghost town · St. Clair County, Alabama

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

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fountainrun as a historical populated place on the Laniers 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 33.4993° N, 86.3189° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLaniers
Elevation474 ft
Nearest living townPell City, AL
Distance to it5.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1805490
Coordinates33.49927, -86.31887

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What's there now

Fountainrun is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pell City, AL (population 13,353), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 474 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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