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Pinthlocco

Ghost town · Coosa County, Alabama

Rockford SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Rockford SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pinthlocco is a ghost town in Coosa County, Alabama. It is one of 3 former communities in Coosa County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 26th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pinthlocco as a historical populated place on the Rockford SW 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 32.8390° N, 86.2111° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRockford SW
Elevation622 ft
Nearest living townRockford, AL
Distance to it4 miles
GNIS feature ID157804
Coordinates32.83901, -86.21108

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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.

Pinthlocco today, aerial view
Rockford SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)

Left: Rockford SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 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

Pinthlocco is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rockford, AL (population 776), about 4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 622 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 Pinthlocco?

Pinthlocco is in Coosa County, Alabama, at 32.8390, -86.2111.

How many ghost towns are in Coosa County?

Coosa County, Alabama has 3 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.