Rollins
Ghost town · Etowah County, Alabama

Rollins 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 Rollins as a historical populated place on the Rodentown 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 34.1820° N, 86.0964° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Rodentown |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,018 ft |
| Nearest living town | Sardis City, AL |
| Distance to it | 1.5 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 140699 |
| Coordinates | 34.18204, -86.09636 |
What's there now
Rollins is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sardis City, AL (population 1,805), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,018 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Royseghost town · Etowah County · 1.6 mi
- Mount Zionghost town · DeKalb County · 1.9 mi
- Leath Gapghost town · Etowah County · 3.9 mi
- Haworthghost town · Etowah County · 4 mi
- Rainsghost town · DeKalb County · 5.4 mi
- Greerghost town · Etowah County · 5.8 mi
- Red Appleghost town · Marshall County · 6 mi
- Lotghost town · Marshall County · 6.5 mi
- Smiths Bridgeghost town · Etowah County · 6.6 mi
- Marcusghost town · DeKalb County · 6.9 mi
- Chumleyghost town · DeKalb County · 8.8 mi
- Mortonghost town · Etowah County · 9 mi
Questions
Where is Rollins?
Rollins is in Etowah County, Alabama, at 34.1820, -86.0964.
How many ghost towns are in Etowah County?
Etowah County, Alabama has 31 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
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.