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Millville

Ghost town · Geneva County, Alabama

Hartford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:24,000)
Hartford quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1957, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Millville is a ghost town in Geneva County, Alabama. It is one of 5 former communities in Geneva County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Millville as a historical populated place on the Hartford 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 31.0293° N, 85.7127° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHartford
Elevation172 ft
Nearest living townBlack, AL
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID167355
Coordinates31.02935, -85.71271

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What's there now

Millville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Black, AL (population 462), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 172 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 Millville?

Millville is in Geneva County, Alabama, at 31.0293, -85.7127.

How many ghost towns are in Geneva County?

Geneva County, Alabama has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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