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Laurel Grove

Ghost town · Barbour County, Alabama

Mount Andrew quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Mount Andrew quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Laurel Grove is a ghost town in Barbour County, Alabama. It is one of 12 former communities in Barbour County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Laurel Grove as a historical populated place on the Mount Andrew 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 31.9729° N, 85.5833° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMount Andrew
Elevation470 ft
Nearest living townMidway, AL
Distance to it7.9 miles
GNIS feature ID134798
Coordinates31.97293, -85.58328

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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.

Laurel Grove today, aerial view
Mount Andrew quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)

Left: Mount Andrew quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 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

Laurel Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Midway, AL (population 633), about 7.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 470 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 Laurel Grove?

Laurel Grove is in Barbour County, Alabama, at 31.9729, -85.5833.

How many ghost towns are in Barbour County?

Barbour County, Alabama has 12 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.