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Ghost town · Franklin County, Alabama
Smith is a ghost town in Franklin County, Alabama. It is the only former community in Franklin County recorded on the federal names register, out of 431 across Alabama.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Smith as a historical populated place on the Phil Campbell 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 34.3715° N, 87.7189° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Phil Campbell |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 971 ft |
| Nearest living town | Phil Campbell, AL |
| Distance to it | 1.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 136279 |
| Coordinates | 34.37149, -87.71892 |
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.
Left: Phil Campbell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 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
Smith is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Phil Campbell, AL (population 834), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 971 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
- Kinlockghost town · Lawrence County · 12.7 mi
- Camp Springghost town · Lawrence County · 15.4 mi
- Bethelghost town · Winston County · 15.9 mi
- Sand Lickghost town · Colbert County · 16.2 mi
- Batts Nestghost town · Winston County · 16.5 mi
- Paneghost town · Colbert County · 16.5 mi
- Booger Treeghost town · Winston County · 17.2 mi
- Avocaghost town · Lawrence County · 18.6 mi
- Poplar Creekghost town · Colbert County · 19.5 mi
- Hunterghost town · Colbert County · 19.6 mi
- Scoggins Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 20 mi
- Little Zionghost town · Colbert County · 20.1 mi
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.