Wayfarrow

Shahan

Ghost town · Etowah County, Alabama

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

Shahan 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 Shahan as a historical populated place on the Steele 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 33.9743° N, 86.1900° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSteele
Elevation642 ft
Nearest living townSteele, AL
Distance to it2.3 miles
GNIS feature ID140712
Coordinates33.97426, -86.18998

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Shahan is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Steele, AL (population 1,293), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 642 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Shahan?

Shahan is in Etowah County, Alabama, at 33.9743, -86.1900.

How many ghost towns are in Etowah County?

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

Sources and licences

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.