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Minden

Ghost town · Calhoun County, Alabama

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

Minden is a ghost town in Calhoun County, Alabama. It is one of 47 former communities in Calhoun County on the federal names register. No county in Alabama has more among the 53 Alabama counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Minden as a historical populated place on the Francis Mill 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 33.7023° N, 86.1061° W.

In old newspapers

The earliest digitized newspaper pages printed in Alabama before 1931 that mention “Minden”, from the Library of Congress. A page may use the name for something else; open it to read the context. 224 pages in all.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFrancis Mill
Nearest living townRagland, AL
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID166224
Coordinates33.70232, -86.10608

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What's there now

Minden is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ragland, AL (population 1,601), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Minden?

Minden is in Calhoun County, Alabama, at 33.7023, -86.1061.

How many ghost towns are in Calhoun County?

Calhoun County, Alabama has 47 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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