Wayfarrow

Oak Grove

Ghost town · Perry County, Alabama

Summerfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500)
Summerfield quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1959, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Oak Grove is a ghost town in Perry County, Alabama. It is the only former community in Perry County recorded on the federal names register, out of 431 across Alabama.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Oak Grove as a historical populated place on the Summerfield 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 32.5349° N, 87.1205° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSummerfield
Elevation303 ft
Nearest living townValley Grande, AL
Distance to it6.1 miles
GNIS feature ID162680
Coordinates32.53486, -87.12055

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Oak Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Valley Grande, AL (population 4,106), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 303 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

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 2026-11-05.