Abandoned Record
About Mountain Mills
Mountain Mills is an unincorporated community in Colbert County, Alabama, United States.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Mountain Mills, 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 Mountain Mills is
Historic maps
10 historic USGS maps cover Mountain Mills
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.
- 1925 Barton sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1926 Barton sheet, 1:48,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1929 Barton sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1936 Barton sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1953 Barton sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1956 Gadsden sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1958 Gadsden sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1960 Gadsden sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Gadsden sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Tuscumbia 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 Mountain Mills
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Alabama index.
- Riverton16.0 mi NW · Colbert
- Bainbridge29.9 mi E · Lauderdale
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Mountain Mills, Alabama": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q18588942.
- USGS GNIS 166023.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).