Ghost Towns
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Old Cahawba
Location Dallas County, Alabama Founded 1819 (State Capital 1820-1826) Abandoned ~1900 (unincorporated 1989) Status Archaeological park — open to visitors THE RISE Before Alabama was even a state, Indigenous people had lived at this spot for over 4,000 years. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto may have passed through a large Indian village here in 1540.