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Nadawah

Ghost town · Monroe County, Alabama

Nadawah quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000)
Nadawah quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Nadawah is a ghost town in Monroe County, Alabama, recorded as Town in Alabama, United States. It is one of 4 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Nadawah 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 31.8143° N, 87.1722° W.

Key facts

Elevation191 ft
Nearest living townBeatrice, AL
Distance to it6 miles
Coordinates31.81432, -87.17221

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.

Nadawah today, aerial view
Nadawah quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000)

Left: Nadawah quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1981, 1:24,000), 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

Nadawah is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Beatrice, AL (population 169), about 6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 191 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 Nadawah?

Nadawah is in Monroe County, Alabama, at 31.8143, -87.1722.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Alabama has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.