56.6 Acres in Wetumpka, AL - $275,000

29-060FW Central Plank PastureAt the base of the vibrant Appalachian Mountains, in Elmore County’s rolling hills, you’ll find the Austin Property - a stunning, versatile piece of land available in Central Alabama with unmatched opportunity.The Austin Property has been in the same family for more than one hundred years. The land presents a unique opportunity with potential to become just about anything you can dream up. These features apply to 29-060FW Central Plank Pasture:56.6 acres, more or less.Over 1400 feet of frontage on the east side of Highway 9 only one mile from US Highway 231, with sewer and water, this tract is a blank canvas for a number of uses: apartments, residential subdivision, church, rural residence for an estate home or a group of family homes, church, and many others.The Lidar Hillshade shows the terraces that were used to conserve the soil many years ago when the property was farmed by a man and a mule. Even the timbered portion was terraced. So this portion was also farmed before the time of tractors.A stream runs through the timbered portion in the back.Approximately 33 acres is in open pasture with 4 acres of wooded pasture and the 20 acre balance in natural timber.The following is a compilation of information about all the Austin Tracts:With more than nine hundred total acres, the East Tracts are offered as a whole and in combinations, or individual tracts may be purchased.The multiple tracts of land can be utilized for a variety of investments, each having its own personality, topography, and potential. There’s excellent hunting land available, with mature natural timber dominated by majestic oaks and other hardwoods. There are multiple sites for building your dream home with open fields and wooded homesites. You won’t be the first to live on this property as attested by the chimney on the Austin Pond tract. Wouldn’t it be interesting to go back in time and listen to the stories that were told sitting beside a fire in that fireplace?With available access to city water and sewage, some tracts feature beautiful spaces perfect for residential development. The open land along Highway 9 offers a great opportunity for a residential subdivision near shopping, medical care, schools, and the nearby casino for entertainment. Three tracts have extensive frontage on beautiful Corn Creek (29-060C Corn Creek South, 29-060D Austin Pond, and 29-060E Georgia Road).And “Yes, there are fish in the Austin Pond”. This is the pond that Dr. Max Austin fished in as a child with his grandfather, the sheriff of Elmore County. Once you pass through the gate at the end of Graham Road and enter the Austin Pond tract, it is like you stepped back in time to a quieter, more peaceful era.Other tracts have prime space for commercial and industrial development. The Wetumpka Industrial Park adjoins the south side of the Corn Creek South tract. This property is within a stone’s throw of the city of Wetumpka, the charming, recently revitalized town featured on HGTV’s Home Town Takeover this past May. Wind Creek Casino is only a 10 minute drive from the property. Lake Jordan and Lake Martin are also within close proximity of the Austin Property and offer excellent fishing, boating, swimming and plenty of outdoor adventure for any nature lover and their family.The growing region is now available for residential, commercial, and industrial development. The relaxed pace of a small town with the convenience of big city living can be attained in this beautiful tract of land.