Black Swamp

Ghost town · Winston County, Alabama

Lynn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Black Swamp 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 Black Swamp as a historical populated place on the Lynn 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 34.0583° N, 87.5392° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Lynn
Elevation	548 ft
Nearest living town	Lynn, AL
Distance to it	0.5 miles
GNIS feature ID	2680796
Coordinates	34.05833, -87.53918

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What's there now

Black Swamp is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lynn, AL (population 821), about 0.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 548 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Larissa
ghost town · Winston County · 3.3 mi
Kaeiser Bottoms
ghost town · Winston County · 3.7 mi
Farriss
ghost town · Winston County · 4.4 mi
Tolen Hill
ghost town · Winston County · 4.8 mi
Goat Ranch
ghost town · Winston County · 5.3 mi
Scoggins Bottoms
ghost town · Winston County · 5.8 mi
Pigeon Roost
ghost town · Winston County · 6.4 mi
Batts Nest
ghost town · Winston County · 7.5 mi
Bickford
ghost town · Winston County · 8.2 mi
Bethel
ghost town · Winston County · 8.3 mi
Booger Tree
ghost town · Winston County · 8.9 mi
Welbornville
ghost town · Winston County · 11 mi

Questions

Where is Black Swamp?

Black Swamp is in Winston County, Alabama, at 34.0583, -87.5392.

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.