Abandoned Record
About Brownville
Brownville, also known as Brownsville, Hog Eye, Red Valley, and Sulpher Springs, is a ghost town formerly located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Brownville, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Brownville is
Historic maps
5 historic USGS maps cover Brownville
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1953 Birmingham sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Birmingham sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Birmingham sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1967 Brownville sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1984 Tuscaloosa sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Brownville
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Alabama index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Brownville, Alabama": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q22058410.
- USGS GNIS 115026.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).