WayfarrowBethel
Ghost town · Winston County, Alabama
Bethel is a ghost town in Winston County, Alabama. It is one of 19 former communities in Winston County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bethel as a historical populated place on the Haleyville East 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 34.1736° N, 87.5769° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Haleyville East |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 850 ft |
| Nearest living town | Haleyville, AL |
| Distance to it | 4.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2680793 |
| Coordinates | 34.17361, -87.57695 |
What's there now
Bethel is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Haleyville, AL (population 4,283), about 4.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 850 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Batts Nestghost town · Winston County · 1.9 mi
- Booger Treeghost town · Winston County · 3.5 mi
- Scoggins Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 4.5 mi
- Pigeon Roostghost town · Winston County · 6.5 mi
- Goat Ranchghost town · Winston County · 7.6 mi
- Black Swampghost town · Winston County · 8.3 mi
- Tolen Hillghost town · Winston County · 8.3 mi
- Larissaghost town · Winston County · 8.3 mi
- Welbornvilleghost town · Winston County · 8.6 mi
- Kaeiser Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 10.2 mi
- Grayghost town · Winston County · 10.4 mi
- Kinlockghost town · Lawrence County · 10.4 mi
Questions
Where is Bethel?
Bethel is in Winston County, Alabama, at 34.1736, -87.5769.
How many ghost towns are in Winston County?
Winston County, Alabama has 19 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- 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.