List of ghost towns in Georgia
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The following is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Georgia.
- AllatoonaAllatoona, GeorgiaAllatoona was a town located in extreme southeastern Bartow County, Georgia. Built along Allatoona Creek, it was a gold mining area later in the first U.S. gold rush, which occurred in Georgia and North Carolina. Reaching its height in the 1840s, the Georgia Gold Rush continued into the 1850s...
- AurariaAuraria, GeorgiaAuraria is a town in Lumpkin County, Georgia, United States, southwest of Dahlonega. Its name derives from aurum, the Latin word for gold. In its early days, it was also known variously as Dean, Deans, Nuckollsville, and Scuffle Town.-History:In 1828, a man walked Findley Ridge, kicked a rock,...
- Boneville, Georgia
- Ceney
- Cheevertown
- Chubbtown
- Constitution, GeorgiaConstitution, GeorgiaConstitution, Georgia was a pre-Civil War community, south of Atlanta, Georgia. A prison was located there. Currently, Metro Correctional Institution is located near the old abandoned prison....
- Creighton
- Dewsville
- Diamond
- Doctortown
- EbenezerEbenezer, GeorgiaEbenezer, also known as New Ebenezer, is a ghost town in Effingham County, Georgia, United States, along the banks of Ebenezer Creek. It was listed on the U.S...
- Ehpesus
- Esom Hill
- Everett Springs
- Felton
- Fish Trap
- Harnageville (also known as TateTate, GeorgiaTate is an unincorporated town in Pickens County, Georgia, United States. Originally called Marble Works post office by the United States Postal Service, then Harnageville after Ambrose Harnage, it was the first county seat for Cherokee County, which functioned as a large territory rather than a...
) - Holland
- Jacksonboro
- Knucklesville
- Ledbetter
- LivingstonLivingston, GeorgiaLivingston is the site of an old Indian village in Floyd County, Georgia, United States. The place was supposedly visited by Hernando de Soto, and evidence of his visit was found near McGee Bend on the Coosa River....
- Marblehill
- McWorther
- Miriam
- Mountain ViewMountain View, GeorgiaMountain View is an unincorporated area in northwest Clayton County, Georgia, United States. It is bounded on the east and south by Forest Park, on the north by the Fulton County line, and on the west by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport...
- Ocmulgee
- OketeyeconneOketeyeconne, GeorgiaOketeyeconne Was an unincoroprated community in Clay County, Georgia. It rested near the Chattahoochee River.-Geography:Oketeyeconne's latitude is 31.6432225 and its longitude is -85.0804849. The town was flooded to create Lake Walter F. George. It now lies under 90+ feet of water...
- Oothcaloga
- Plunkett Town
- PoBiddy Crossroads
- Possum Trot
- Scull ShoalsScull Shoals, GeorgiaScull Shoals is a ghost town in northwestern Greene County, Georgia, United States.The ruins of Scull Shoals Mill village are located halfway between Athens and Greensboro on the Oconee River, just north of where Georgia State Route 15 now crosses the river. Recent archaeological findings and...
- SixesSixes, GeorgiaSixes is an unincorporated community in western Cherokee County, Georgia, United States, located about three miles west of Holly Springs and near the eastern shore of current-day Lake Allatoona. The community is located in the Georgia Gold Belt, which runs southwest to northeast along the southern...
- Spring Place
- Tilton
- Tyus
- Wax