Bainbridge, Alabama
Bainbridge, Alabama
Bam Bridge
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| Coordinates: 34°48′25″N 87°22′55″W / 34.80694°N 87.38194°W |
Bainbridge is a ghost town in Lauderdale County, Alabama, near Muscle Shoals.
It is submerged under Wilson Lake on the Tennessee River.
History
Bainbridge was founded in 1819. In early days was the site of a plantation belonging to John Donelson IV, a grandson of John Donelson and nephew of Andrew Jackson.[1]
Byler Road, the oldest extant public road in Alabama, was built through Bainbridge.[2]
A ferry operated in Bainbridge that crossed over the Tennessee River.[2]
In the 1840s, most of the town's population moved to Florence and Tuscumbia after Bainbridge was bypassed by a newly–constructed railroad.[3]
During the Civil War, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest crossed the Tennessee River in Bainbridge, and with General Phillip Roddey, attacked the Union forces at Town Creek.[2]
By 1924 all that remained of the settlement were hundred-year-old headstones in the cemetery.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Huge Lake Overflows Scenes of Happy Days". The Florence Herald. 1924-09-12. p. 15. Retrieved 2025-04-22.
- ^ a b c "Bainbridge Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.