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Gantts Quarry

Ghost town · Talladega County, Alabama

Gantts Quarry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500)
Gantts Quarry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1915, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Gantts Quarry is a ghost town in Talladega County, Alabama. It is one of 2 former communities in Talladega County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Gantts Quarry as a historical populated place: 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 33.1483° N, 86.2894° W.

Key facts

Peak population0
Last recorded population0
Elevation633 ft
Nearest living townSylacauga, AL
Distance to it2.9 miles
Coordinates33.14833, -86.28944

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What's there now

Gantts Quarry is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sylacauga, AL (population 12,388), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 633 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

This is a photograph of Gantt's Quarry, Alabama.
This is a photograph of Gantt's Quarry, Alabama. · Rivers Langley; SaveRivers / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Gantts Quarry?

Gantts Quarry is in Talladega County, Alabama, at 33.1483, -86.2894.

How many ghost towns are in Talladega County?

Talladega County, Alabama has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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