CenterStar Cemetery, Limestone Co, AL
Tucked into a small section of land outside of Mooresville, Alabama between the interstate and the the Tennessee River is some farm land that once used to be a booming port for shipping goods.
All that remains of Cottonport, Alabama is a small historical marker denoting the existence of the town. An old cemetery was sold to the highest bidder. Buildings disappeared or were moved. All that remains is the thought of it.
The photo to the left is of a cemetery just north of Cottonport about 1/2 a mile. A newer cemetery in terms of history, but very well part of the history of this section of Limestone County.
CenterStar Cemetery was once over 1500 graves before the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) claimed the land it resided on. Now, gated and locked, vastly overgrown and forgotten, only a handful of the stones now exist although hundreds of sunken graves are visible as you travel through the dense underbrush.
As late as 2006, this cemetery was still being used. Where did the families of those buried here go?
All that remains of Cottonport, Alabama is a small historical marker denoting the existence of the town. An old cemetery was sold to the highest bidder. Buildings disappeared or were moved. All that remains is the thought of it.
The photo to the left is of a cemetery just north of Cottonport about 1/2 a mile. A newer cemetery in terms of history, but very well part of the history of this section of Limestone County.
CenterStar Cemetery was once over 1500 graves before the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) claimed the land it resided on. Now, gated and locked, vastly overgrown and forgotten, only a handful of the stones now exist although hundreds of sunken graves are visible as you travel through the dense underbrush.
As late as 2006, this cemetery was still being used. Where did the families of those buried here go?