WayfarrowBig Oak
Ghost town · Winston County, Alabama
Big Oak 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 Big Oak as a historical populated place on the Black Pond 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 34.0203° N, 87.2828° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Black Pond |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 505 ft |
| Nearest living town | Arley, AL |
| Distance to it | 5.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 2680795 |
| Coordinates | 34.02027, -87.28278 |
What's there now
Big Oak is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Arley, AL (population 518), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 505 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Sachs Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 6 mi
- Corinthghost town · Winston County · 6.6 mi
- Bickfordghost town · Winston County · 7.7 mi
- Camak Millsghost town · Walker County · 7.8 mi
- Robinson Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 9.8 mi
- Kaeiser Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 11.3 mi
- Tolen Hillghost town · Winston County · 11.8 mi
- Pigeon Roostghost town · Winston County · 13.5 mi
- Welbornvilleghost town · Winston County · 14.3 mi
- Hariconghost town · Winston County · 14.6 mi
- Black Swampghost town · Winston County · 14.9 mi
- Scoggins Bottomsghost town · Winston County · 15.4 mi
Questions
Where is Big Oak?
Big Oak is in Winston County, Alabama, at 34.0203, -87.2828.
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.