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Browns Valley

Ghost town · Jackson County, Alabama

Doran Cove quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Doran Cove quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Browns Valley is a ghost town in Jackson County, Alabama. It is one of 29 former communities in Jackson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Browns Valley as a historical populated place on the Doran Cove 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 34.9076° N, 85.7708° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDoran Cove
Elevation708 ft
Nearest living townStevenson, AL
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID139114
Coordinates34.90758, -85.77081

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Browns Valley today, aerial view
Doran Cove quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)

Left: Doran Cove quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Browns Valley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stevenson, AL (population 1,947), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 708 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Browns Valley?

Browns Valley is in Jackson County, Alabama, at 34.9076, -85.7708.

How many ghost towns are in Jackson County?

Jackson County, Alabama has 29 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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.