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Penootaw

Ghost town · Bibb County, Alabama

Centreville West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1980, 1:24,000)
Centreville West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1980, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Penootaw is a ghost town in Bibb County, Alabama. It is one of 21 former communities in Bibb County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Penootaw as a historical populated place on the Centreville West 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 32.9923° N, 87.1306° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCentreville West
Elevation265 ft
Nearest living townCentreville, AL
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID151590
Coordinates32.99234, -87.13055

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What's there now

Penootaw is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Centreville, AL (population 2,757), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 265 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Penootaw?

Penootaw is in Bibb County, Alabama, at 32.9923, -87.1306.

How many ghost towns are in Bibb County?

Bibb County, Alabama has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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