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Green Tree

Ghost town · Lauderdale County, Alabama

Gravelly Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500)
Gravelly Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Green Tree is a ghost town in Lauderdale County, Alabama. It is one of 38 former communities in Lauderdale County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Green Tree as a historical populated place on the Sinking Creek 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 34.8001° N, 87.7986° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSinking Creek
Elevation556 ft
Nearest living townSheffield, AL
Distance to it6.5 miles
GNIS feature ID145212
Coordinates34.80009, -87.79864

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.

Green Tree today, aerial view
Gravelly Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 1:62,500)

Left: Gravelly Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1924, 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

Green Tree is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sheffield, AL (population 9,334), about 6.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 556 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 Green Tree?

Green Tree is in Lauderdale County, Alabama, at 34.8001, -87.7986.

How many ghost towns are in Lauderdale County?

Lauderdale County, Alabama has 38 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 2026-11-06.