Cedric is a
ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
in northeastern
Chambers County,
Alabama
Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
. Today it is entirely in private ownership. It is located 3–4 miles to the southeast of present-day
Roanoke, and about 1 mile southwest of
Bacon Level Church. Joseph Rushton (and his wife Martha Lorance) an early Alabama potter, lived near Cedric.
Pottery industry
While nearby
Bacon Level had several well known potters, Cedric's Joseph Rushton was part of their community as well.
Randolph County Pottery
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References
Geography of Chambers County, Alabama
Ghost towns in Alabama
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