Bickford

Ghost town · Winston County, Alabama

Poplar Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1969, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bickford 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 Bickford as a historical populated place on the Poplar Springs 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 34.0003° N, 87.4142° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Poplar Springs
Nearest living town	Nauvoo, AL
Distance to it	4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID	2680794
Coordinates	34.00028, -87.41417

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What's there now

Bickford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Nauvoo, AL (population 233), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Kaeiser Bottoms
ghost town · Winston County · 5.1 mi
Tolen Hill
ghost town · Winston County · 7.3 mi
Big Oak
ghost town · Winston County · 7.7 mi
Black Swamp
ghost town · Winston County · 8.2 mi
Corinth
ghost town · Winston County · 9.4 mi
Camak Mills
ghost town · Walker County · 9.7 mi
Sachs Bottoms
ghost town · Winston County · 9.8 mi
Pigeon Roost
ghost town · Winston County · 9.9 mi
Farriss
ghost town · Winston County · 10.3 mi
Larissa
ghost town · Winston County · 11.1 mi
Scoggins Bottoms
ghost town · Winston County · 11.1 mi
Robinson Bottoms
ghost town · Winston County · 12.2 mi

Questions

Where is Bickford?

Bickford is in Winston County, Alabama, at 34.0003, -87.4142.

How many ghost towns are in Winston County?

Winston County, Alabama has 19 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

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.