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The following is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Georgia. Ghost towns can include sites in various states of disrepair and abandonment. Some sites no longer have any trace of civilization and have reverted to pasture land or empty fields. Other sites are unpopulated but still have standing buildings. Some sites may even have a sizable, though small population, but there are far fewer citizens than in its grander historic past.
| Name | County | Other names | Location | Settled | Abandoned | Current status | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes | Lincoln | 1889 | 1955 [1] | A small Hamlet located away from waterways or railroads. [2] | |||
| Allatoona | Bartow | Lake Allatoona | 1838 [3] | 1949 [4] | Submerged | Flooded in the mid-1940s to create Lake Allatoona, today a recreational spot. In the 1980s, low water levels allowed remnants of the town to be visible from the water. [4] | |
| Allon | Crawford | early 1800s | An industry town for the Atlanta Sand & Supply Company. [5] | ||||
| Apalachee | Morgan | Florence | 1889 | 1995 | Abandoned | One of the earliest settlements in Morgan County. [6] | |
| Apollo | Putnam | appeared on maps as late as 1955. [7] | |||||
| Argo | Fannin | ||||||
| Armstrong | Wilkes | ||||||
| Auraria | Lumpkin | Dean, Deans, Nuckollsville, Scuffle Town | settled during the Georgia Gold Rush but declined after the California Gold Rush and Colorado Gold Rush. | ||||
| Barnett Shoals | Oconee | 1995 | a mill town dissolved in 1995. [8] | ||||
| Beech Hill | Wilkinson | ||||||
| Belle Vista | Glynn | ||||||
| Bender | Laurens | ||||||
| Bethany | Baker | Neglected | Contains the collapsing remains of many buildings and stores. [9] | ||||
| Bingham | Jeff Davis | ||||||
| Birdford | Tattnall | ||||||
| Bladen | Glynn | ||||||
| Blountsville | Jones | heavily damaged by the Civil War and never recovered. [10] | |||||
| Brasstown | Towns | former Cherokee village. [11] | |||||
| Broomtown | Chattooga | ||||||
| Burnt Fort | Camden | ||||||
| Burton | Rabun | 1919 | Submerged | flooded to create Lake Burton in 1919. [12] | |||
| Ceylon | Camden | ||||||
| Cement | Bartow | 2 miles north of Kingston | Abandoned | ||||
| Centerville | Charlton | ||||||
| Cheevertown | Baker | 1882 [13] | |||||
| Christopher | Chattahoochee | ||||||
| Cole City | Dade | Cole | 1995 | a settlement founded near the mouth of the Dade Coal Company coal mine. [14] [15] | |||
| Colerain | Camden | ||||||
| Conasauga | Gilmer | a Cherokee settlement that was overtaken by European-Americans and later abandoned for larger towns. [16] | |||||
| Constitution | DeKalb | 1952 | Absorbed | absorbed into Atlanta in 1952. | |||
| Corinth | Sumter County | 12 miles east of Americus | |||||
| Clyde | Bryan | Formerly the county seat of Bryan County. [17] | |||||
| Dewsville | Baker | ||||||
| Doctortown | Wayne | ||||||
| Due | Fannin | ||||||
| Ebenezer | Effingham | Semi-abandoned | Today, the Jerusalem Lutheran Church is the only building in use. | ||||
| Eelbeck | Chattahoochee | An old Cherokee settlement | |||||
| Etowah | Floyd | ||||||
| Fairview | Chattooga | ||||||
| Floydtown | Miller | ||||||
| Ford | Bartow | ||||||
| Fowlstown | Decatur | settled and abandoned twice. | |||||
| Franklinville | Lowndes | ||||||
| Gaillard | Crawford | 1951 | A railroad community that died after the closure of the rail line. [5] | ||||
| Gerber | Walker | ||||||
| Grantville | Greene | ||||||
| Greenbush | Walker | ||||||
| Grisworldville | Jones | Largely destroyed in 1864 during the American Civil War. [18] | |||||
| High Falls | Monroe County | High Falls State Park contains the abandoned industrial town of High Falls. [19] | |||||
| Huguenot | Elbert | ||||||
| Hardwicke | Bryan | 1754 | |||||
| Jacksonboro | Screven | Abandoned/historic | Houses the historic Seaborn Goodall House. [20] | ||||
| Jamestown | Chattahoochee | ||||||
| Johntown | Dawson | ||||||
| Kite | Johnson | Abandoned, Decaying Downtown/Very low population | |||||
| Knoxville | Crawford | Semi-abandoned | Population decreased as the railroads extended. [5] | ||||
| Lang | Carroll | ||||||
| Laingkat | Decatur | Land Cat | |||||
| Ligon | Bartow | ||||||
| Livingston | Floyd | ||||||
| Mimsville | Baker | ca. 1880 [21] | 1914 [21] | ||||
| New Bridge | Lumpkin | ||||||
| New Echota | Gordon | 1830s | Historic | The capital city of the Cherokee Nation until their forced removal in the 1830s. | |||
| New Savannah | Augusta-Richmond | ca. 1740 | A former Chickasaw settlement which became a tobacco town, waning with the tobacco industry in the early 19th century. | ||||
| Oketeyeconne | Clay | Submerged | A former unincorporated town along the Chattahoochee River that was flooded to create Walter F. George Lake. [22] | ||||
| Olympia | Lowndes | ||||||
| Oscarville | Forsyth | 1912 | Submerged | Flooded during the formation of Lake Lanier. In 1912, it was the site of a lynching which prompted the removal of all black residents. [23] | |||
| Owensbyville | Heard | ||||||
| Petersburg | Elbert | a tobacco town that was the third largest city in Georgia between 1800 and 1810. [24] | |||||
| Recovery | Decatur | ||||||
| Roanoke | Stewart | 1836 | Raided by Creek Indians in 1836 and never rebuilt. [25] | ||||
| Rollo | Crawford | early 1800s | An industry town for the Atlanta Sand & Supply Company. [5] | ||||
| San Barnard | Worth | the county seat in the 1850s. [26] | |||||
| Scull Shoals | Greene | Originally settled in the early 19th century to use the rapids to power watermills. By the 1880s, erosion upstream had halted this industry. [27] | |||||
| Shackelton | Chattooga | 1909 | 1920s | Mining community formed in 1909 and abandoned after the mines closed in the 1920s. [28] | |||
| Socrates | Monroe County | ||||||
| Starkville | Lee | 1995 | A cemetery remains at the site. [29] | ||||
| Sunbury | Liberty | 1864 | lost much of its population to natural disaster and trading competition by the mid 19th century. In 1864, the remaining town was destroyed during Sherman's March to the Sea. | ||||
| Sweden | Pickens | ||||||
| Tarver | Echols | ||||||
| Tatum | Dade | ||||||
| Taylors Creek | Liberty | 1940s | Evicted | evacuated in the 1940s to make room for a military installation. [30] | |||
| Thalmann | Glynn | In 1979, a train stop in Thalmann was rerouted through Jesup, [31] causing the community to decline. | |||||
| Trader's Hill | Charlton | The first county seat in Charlton County. [32] | |||||
| Treat | Haralson (located partially in Polk County) [33] | ||||||
| Troupville | Lowndes | c. 1900 | largely abandoned by the end of the 19th century, after railroad traffic in nearby Valdosta drew away most of the town's residents. [34] | ||||
| Visage | Towns | ||||||
| Walnut | Lumpkin | ||||||
| Warsaw | McIntosh | ||||||
| Westlake | Twiggs | ||||||
| Willie | Liberty | 1940s | Evicted | evacuated in the 1940s to make room for a military installation. [35] | |||
| Wisdoms Store | Harris | ||||||
| Woodstown | Henry | ||||||
| Wynns Mill | Henry | ||||||
| Youngcane | Union | ||||||
| Zirkle | Pierce | 1926 | Died out following the closure of the sawmill in 1926. [36] |
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