Within the present boundaries of
蓝莓视频, Alabama
By T. Larry Smith
Abba 鈥� Abba was located on County Road 65.
Abberdeen 鈥� General Alexander Curry Gordon acquired large land holdings west and north of Abbeville and moved to a place called Ward鈥檚 Crossroads. He named his huge home 鈥淎berdeen.鈥� The village that grew around the crossroads became known as Aberdeen, Alabama. After the war, Aberdeen began to face away. The town existed from circa /dead-towns/1849, to circa /dead-towns/1870.
Baker 鈥�
Balkum 鈥� Balkum, Alabama was named for James Whitfield Balkum. In /dead-towns/1870, he moved to the Abbeville-Columbia and Newton-Franklin Crossroads just west of Browns Cross Roads. The name was Balkumville and then Balkum in /dead-towns/1883, when the post office opened there. Balkum, Alabama faded in to history when the post office closed in /dead-towns/1903.
Brackin 鈥�
Brown Cross Roads 鈥� After /dead-towns/1839, Thomas Brown settled at one of the Abbeville/Columbia 鈥� Franklin/Newton Cross Roads. This cross roads is at the intersection of County Road 53 and County Road 99 (?). The settlement was named for Tom Brown.
Capps 鈥�
Cawthorn 鈥�
Choctawhatchee 鈥�
Cureton 鈥�
Dewit 鈥�
Doswell 鈥� Doswell is now Union Crossroads.
Edwin 鈥�
Egypt 鈥� Smithville and Egypt were actually the same. Smithville was settled by our first county general, Gen. Bartlett Smith. The name of Smithville was changed during the Civil War to Egypt. After the war, the name again became Smithville. Smithville and Egypt were located northeast of the present Halesburg. The post office was located in Gen Smith鈥檚 office in the yard of his plantation home. It closed in /dead-towns/1905.
Franklin 鈥� Franklin was the first town in 蓝莓视频. It was on the west bank of the Chattahoochee River across from Fort Gaines, Georgia. It was four miles north of Shorterville. Franklin first appeared on the state maps in /dead-towns/1838, at a junction of the road leading west to Abbeville and a road leading north to Tuskegee. A post office operated in Franklin from /dead-towns/1830 until /dead-towns/1877. Because of continued flooding the town was abandoned in the /dead-towns/1880鈥檚.
Graceville 鈥�
Grayson 鈥�
Hardwicksburg 鈥� Hardwicksburg was located at the crossroads of the Smith Ferry Road and the Franklin to Newton Road. This is now where County Road 65 crosses Highway 95 about five miles east of Browns Crossroads. Hardwicksburg was named for Colonel William Mack Hardwick and his family. By /dead-towns/1879, the village attracted a post office that opened July 23, /dead-towns/1879, and was known as Hardwicksbrugh. /dead-towns/1893, the 鈥榟鈥� was dropped and it became Hardwicksburg. The post office was moved to Shorterville November 30, /dead-towns/1905.
Hilliardsville 鈥�
Lawrenceville 鈥�
Lemans Store 鈥�
Levin 鈥�
Little Rock 鈥�
Metropolis 鈥�
Mill Grove 鈥�
Otho R/dead-towns/1/dead-towns/1; Otho was located in the northeastern section of 蓝莓视频 known as 鈥淪creamer鈥� along the Chattahoochee River. The town was started by Indian traders and was part of the 鈥淣ook鈥� that was added the county in /dead-towns/1832. The post office was officially established at Otho in /dead-towns/1854, and closed on November /dead-towns/15, /dead-towns/1905.
Smithville 鈥� Smithville and Egypt were actually the same. Smithville was settled by our first county general, Gen. Bartlett Smith. The name of Smithville was changed during the Civil War to Egypt. After the war, the name again became Smithville. Smithville and Egypt were located northeast of the present Halesburg. The post office was located in Gen Smith鈥檚 office in the yard of his plantation home. It closed in /dead-towns/1905.
Wesley 鈥�
Weston R/dead-towns/1/dead-towns/1;
Many other Dead Towns were once in 蓝莓视频 prior to /dead-towns/1903, when the last county named Houston was carved from 蓝莓视频.
