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Beaver Mills

Ghost town · Mobile County, Alabama

Creola quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)
Creola quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Beaver Mills is a ghost town in Mobile County, Alabama, recorded as human settlement in Alabama, United States of America. It is the only former community in Mobile County recorded on the federal names register, out of 431 across Alabama.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Beaver Mills as a historical populated place: 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 30.9697° N, 88.2347° W.

Key facts

Elevation100 ft
Nearest living townGulfcrest, AL
Distance to it1.5 miles
Coordinates30.96970, -88.23470

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What's there now

Beaver Mills is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gulfcrest, AL (population 105), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 100 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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