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Gum Springs

Ghost town · Etowah County, Alabama

Dunaway Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:24,000)
Dunaway Mountain quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1947, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Gum Springs is a ghost town in Etowah County, Alabama. It is one of 31 former communities in Etowah County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Gum Springs as a historical populated place on the Dunaway Mountain 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 33.9320° N, 86.0805° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDunaway Mountain
Elevation557 ft
Nearest living townRainbow City, AL
Distance to it0.3 miles
GNIS feature ID149058
Coordinates33.93204, -86.08053

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What's there now

Gum Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rainbow City, AL (population 10,213), about 0.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 557 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Gum Springs?

Gum Springs is in Etowah County, Alabama, at 33.9320, -86.0805.

How many ghost towns are in Etowah County?

Etowah County, Alabama has 31 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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