Battelle is a ghost town

Ghost town

A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...

 in DeKalb County

DeKalb County, Alabama

As of the 2010 Census DeKalb County had a population of 71,109. The median age was 37.5. The racial and ethnic makeup of the population was 81.6% non-Hispanic white, 1.5% African American, 1.4% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander , 9.9% from some other race, 2.2% reporting two or...

, Alabama

Alabama

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, United States

United States

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Battelle was once a thriving mining community which was spread in a north – south line along the foot of Lookout Mountain

Lookout Mountain

thumb|right|See seven statesLookout Mountain is located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Georgia, the northeast corner of Alabama, and along the southern border of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain, along with Sand Mountain to the northwest, makes up a large portion of the...

 five miles north of Valley Head, Alabama

Valley Head, Alabama

Valley Head is a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 611.-Geography:Valley Head is located at .According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....

. Today the forest has reclaimed the whole area and not a single building remains to cast the aura of the ghost town. Today, some of the original coke ovens remain along with scattered brick, piles of rotted lumber, and occasional pieces of metal, mark the ruins of Battelle. Here and there a tame rosebush

Rosebush

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 still fights for survival among the weeds and vines and a row of jonquils looks strangely out of place. Current owner of Battelle is A.S. Glover of Menlo, Georgia

Menlo, Georgia

Menlo is a city in Chattooga County, Georgia, United States. The population was 485 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Menlo is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....

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