Gantts Quarry, Alabama

Gantts Quarry, Alabama
Abandoned houses in Gantts Quarry
Abandoned houses in Gantts Quarry
Location in Talladega County and the state of Alabama
Location in Talladega County and the state of Alabama
Coordinates: 33°08′54″N 86°17′22″W / 33.14833°N 86.28944°W / 33.14833; -86.28944
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyTalladega
Area
 • Total
0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
 • Land0.3 sq mi (0.9 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
633 ft (193 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
0
 • Density0.0/sq mi (0.0/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
FIPS code01-28984
GNIS feature ID0118815

Gantts Quarry is a quarry and former town in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. The population was zero at the 2000 census,[1] although it had seven residents as late as the 1998 population estimate.[2] Incorporated in 1910 to keep neighboring Sylacauga from annexing it,[3] it was officially disincorporated after its population dwindled to 0 effective December 31, 2001.[4]

  1. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ Bogie, Donald. 5,500 Year Old Concept Still Emerging in the Montgomery Area Archived September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine, Montgomery Advertiser, reprinted by Auburn University Montgomery. Printed January 1998; accessed December 13, 2007.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". news.google.com. Archived from the original on March 12, 2016. Retrieved January 13, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)