State atlas · filed under GA
Ghost Towns of Georgia
Georgia hosted America's first gold rush at Dahlonega's fringes, and its ghosts include those played-out camps alongside cotton crossroads that boll weevil and soil exhaustion emptied through the 1920s.
1,796 sites surveyed across Georgia — 2 charted with full records so far, entered by year of settlement. The rest are awaiting verification.
✕Charted — click for the recordSurveyed — records pending
Survey note
The federal place-name archive records 1,796 vanished or historical sites in Georgia — ghost towns, mining camps, townsites, and railroad stops. We chart them a few at a time, as the records can be verified. Every mark on this map is a place that once had a name.
TownYearsLast pop.Classification
Scull ShoalsGreene Co.Vanished PlaceAurariaLumpkin Co.Near-Abandoned
Society Pro
See Georgia as the surveyors drew it, 1879 to 1919
249 USGS survey sheets from those years cover Georgia. Pro lays them over today's map with a swipe between then and now, and adds every mine feature, lost place and mineral site the federal record holds for the state.
1,876mine features
2,644mineral sites
3,683lost places
249survey sheets
The full survey ledger
Every vanished town the federal archive records in Georgia — each with its own record page, verified and expanded over time.
AbsalomHall Co.ActonHarris Co.AdamsRichmond Co.AdventureRichmond Co.AgnesLincoln Co.AinslieBleckley Co.AkridgeMitchell Co.AlbertLumpkin Co.AlgernonBarrow Co.Allen MillBaldwin Co.AltonTattnall Co.AmandavilleHart Co.AmoskeagDodge Co.AnandaleHabersham Co.AnonOglethorpe Co.AntiochThomas Co.ApolloPutnam Co.AquaMorgan Co.ArgoFannin Co.ArmstrongWilkes Co.ArtesiaWorth Co.AsburyBurke Co.AthonJasper Co.AucillaThomas Co.AultmansWorth Co.AylmerBartow Co.BakerfieldDooly Co.BalesLaurens Co.BamahMonroe Co.BayardHarris Co.BayboroColquitt Co.BeaverdamGwinnett Co.BeehiveDodge Co.BeeksPike Co.Bell ViewCamden Co.BelmontTerrell Co.BenderLaurens Co.Benton CrossingJasper Co.BerkshireGwinnett Co.BerrienCook Co.BertHabersham Co.BessieWilkes Co.BethelGlynn Co.BethelFayette Co.BeverlyThomas Co.BibbButts Co.Big SpringGordon Co.Bill DavisBurke Co.BinghamJeff Davis Co.BirdfordTattnall Co.Blackburns StoreRandolph Co.BlacksboroUpson Co.BlandBulloch Co.BlossomRockdale Co.Blue SpringWorth Co.BlufftownStewart Co.BluntGlynn Co.BonaventureChatham Co.Bowling GreenOglethorpe Co.BowlsGordon Co.BradleysTattnall Co.BrailsfordMcIntosh Co.BrayLowndes Co.BrewerLong Co.BrewersPolk Co.BriscoePolk Co.BroomtownChattooga Co.BrownsBartow Co.Brushy CreekBurke Co.Bryan NeckBryan Co.Bryants MillFloyd Co.BuchananDeKalb Co.Buck CreekCarroll Co.BuckheadHancock Co.BuffGordon Co.BullochvilleMeriwether Co.BurdettSpalding Co.BurtonRabun Co.Burton JunctionRabun Co.Cains CourthouseBarrow Co.CaldwellGwinnett Co.CaldwellUnion Co.CameoMeriwether Co.Camp PinkneyCharlton Co.CampagneTowns Co.CampbellJones Co.CapstanHeard Co.Carlier SpringsFloyd Co.CarlingBaldwin Co.CarlisleGilmer Co.CarneDodge Co.CarolinaGwinnett Co.Carr CornersWilkinson Co.CentervilleCharlton Co.CentervilleCherokee Co.Central GroveFloyd Co.ChalkerWashington Co.ChapmanLowndes Co.ChatfieldWilkes Co.CheevertownBaker Co.CheneyChattooga Co.CheneyFulton Co.ChenubeTerrell Co.Chestnut HillCarroll Co.ChestnutflatWalker Co.ChiahaFloyd Co.ChoiceGwinnett Co.CleatonWalton Co.CloptonPutnam Co.ClueseColumbia Co.Coal Neck SettlementBibb Co.CobbhamClarke Co.Cold SpringsTurner Co.ColeridgeGlynn Co.ColfaxBulloch Co.Columbia MineMcDuffie Co.ComfortGreene Co.CommonwealthMuscogee Co.ConasaugaGilmer Co.ConcordiaElbert Co.CoosawatteeGordon Co.CopelandHarris Co.CorinthSumter Co.Cottage MillsChattahoochee Co.CottonhamBryan Co.CoxDodge Co.CrainHeard Co.CreightonCherokee Co.CrowderTroup Co.CrutchfieldJones Co.Cureton SpringsCoweta Co.CushingvilleJenkins Co.DantonTattnall Co.DanvilleSumter Co.DaphneCrisp Co.DavidGlascock Co.DavittePolk Co.DeesLowndes Co.DelphColumbia Co.DeSotoFloyd Co.DewsvilleBaker Co.Diamond RockMadison Co.DickeyWalker Co.DillonWalker Co.DoboyMcIntosh Co.DonPolk Co.DoraFannin Co.Double SpringsBartow Co.DowdyMadison Co.DozierMiller Co.Duck CreekChattooga Co.DueFannin Co.DukesLiberty Co.DunhamLiberty Co.DykesFloyd Co.DysonWilkes Co.EarlyFloyd Co.EastburnWhite Co.EasterlingTattnall Co.EdgarWhitfield Co.EdieRichmond Co.EdinburgElbert Co.EdwardsLee Co.EdwardsvilleFulton Co.ElginButts Co.Ella ParkCamden Co.EllisJeff Davis Co.ElmoreBurke Co.EltonToombs Co.EmilyCarroll Co.EnalBulloch Co.EneckScreven Co.EsquilineMuscogee Co.Estelle StationWalker Co.EtowahLumpkin Co.EttaPaulding Co.EubankColumbia Co.EurekaHancock Co.Eureka SpringsScreven Co.EuthtillogaChattooga Co.EvesBartow Co.FairviewChattooga Co.FairviewCarroll Co.FambroGordon Co.FarmdaleCoweta Co.FayHenry Co.FearingPolk Co.FelderTurner Co.FillmoreWhitfield Co.FippinJones Co.Flat RockGreene Co.FlemingGwinnett Co.FloydtownMiller Co.FolksCalhoun Co.FordBartow Co.FordGlynn Co.ForrestColumbia Co.Fort MountainMurray Co.Fountain HillRockdale Co.FreemansFloyd Co.FreetownWalker Co.Frick GapWalker Co.FurnaceWalker Co.GartrellGilmer Co.GatesBrooks Co.GatesLumpkin Co.GerberWalker Co.GermantownCamden Co.GintownWorth Co.GlenfordHancock Co.Glenwoods SpringPutnam Co.GoldenBrooks Co.Goldens MillWilkinson Co.GoldsboroughCamden Co.GoldsmithJeff Davis Co.Good HopeGrady Co.Goodwin CrossingDeKalb Co.Goose PondOglethorpe Co.GooseberryWebster Co.Gordon SpringsWhitfield Co.Gower SpringsHall Co.GraceLumpkin Co.Gracys StationAtkinson Co.GraddickLamar Co.GradyPolk Co.GrantvilleGreene Co.GrapevineGwinnett Co.Green HillStewart Co.GreenbushWalker Co.GreenwayPolk Co.Gross StillCamden Co.GrubbRandolph Co.GuildWalker Co.HaasvilleFulton Co.HabershamJenkins Co.Habersham StationHabersham Co.HalfwayLumpkin Co.HallocaChattahoochee Co.HamletPolk Co.HarpertownHancock Co.HatoffLaurens Co.HaywoodChattooga Co.HearnvillePutnam Co.HeartpineCook Co.HedwigLumpkin Co.Heineburg VillageChattahoochee Co.HenleyCarroll Co.HenrysWalker Co.Higdon MillGilmer Co.High SpringsTurner Co.HodgeCarroll Co.HoganvilleTift Co.HoggsMarion Co.Honey CreekRockdale Co.HoodUnion Co.Horns Cross RoadMiller Co.HotalihuyanaDougherty Co.HughesboroHabersham Co.HuguenotElbert Co.HumphriesDeKalb Co.HuntTowns Co.HuronPutnam Co.Hurricane ShoalsJackson Co.IgoGordon Co.Indian CoveWorth Co.InissTift Co.Island ShoalsHenry Co.JacksonboroScreven Co.James SpringMadison Co.JayLumpkin Co.JenksGlynn Co.JerusalemCook Co.Joe ShinglerMiller Co.JohnsonvilleAppling Co.JohntownDawson Co.Jones MillGilmer Co.Jones MillFannin Co.KasihtaChattahoochee Co.KearnsCobb Co.KeasleyPickens Co.Keenes CrossingLaurens Co.KendrickWalker Co.KennedyBrooks Co.KentLong Co.KicklighterTattnall Co.Kitchens StoreJasper Co.Kites SpurBulloch Co.KnobHenry Co.KnottFulton Co.KunsfordJasper Co.LambvilleThomas Co.LamontLamar Co.LampadociaCamden Co.LancasterMarion Co.LandHall Co.LandersFloyd Co.LangCarroll Co.LathamHaralson Co.LauraUnion Co.LazarettoChatham Co.Le RoyBurke Co.LebanonSumter Co.LeichtGlynn Co.LicklogGilmer Co.LidaLiberty Co.LigonBartow Co.LinaWilkes Co.LindseyWashington Co.LizzieCobb Co.LollieLaurens Co.LottsGlynn Co.LuckieCarroll Co.LynchWhite Co.MabryCarroll Co.MacvilleLowndes Co.Magnolia SpringsSumter Co.MahanWalker Co.MahersHenry Co.MalboneBartow Co.ManningLaurens Co.MansonBrantley Co.MarbleColquitt Co.MarcusJackson Co.MargieFloyd Co.MariannaCamden Co.Marietta Place HomesCobb Co.MartinsLiberty Co.MauldinsHabersham Co.MayberryLaurens Co.MaydayHenry Co.MaysieJeff Davis Co.MaysvilleColumbia Co.McCutchenWalker Co.McGinnisBartow Co.McGriffBleckley Co.McGuiresGwinnett Co.McIntyre SpringBrooks Co.McIvorCobb Co.McLendonEarly Co.MeccaFulton Co.MechanicsvilleJasper Co.MiddlebrooksLamar Co.MidwayGordon Co.Mill CreekBulloch Co.MilldaleCrisp Co.MillsWhitfield Co.Mineral SpringsChattooga Co.MonteideoHart Co.MontpelierBibb Co.Moodys CrossingTattnall Co.Mount CarmelWilkinson Co.Mount HopeFloyd Co.Mount OliveThomas Co.Mount ZionStewart Co.MurchisonsBartow Co.MusgroveLaurens Co.Myrtle SpringsSumter Co.NagucheeWhite Co.NancytownBanks Co.New BridgeLumpkin Co.New YorkLee Co.NicholasvilleMiller Co.NickajackCobb Co.NolaCook Co.North CohuttaMurray Co.NortonDeKalb Co.Number TenBurke Co.NutviewLee Co.Oak BowerHart Co.Oak GroveGrady Co.Oak Mountain SpringTalbot Co.Oconee Old TownBaldwin Co.OculusWhite Co.OketeyeconneClay Co.Old NewnanPike Co.OlympiaLowndes Co.OpeleikaCatoosa Co.OricoJeff Davis Co.OrleansRockdale Co.OrlettaStewart Co.OttoUnion Co.PacevilleJeff Davis Co.Padgett CrossingJefferson Co.PalatkeeEvans Co.ParkerMonroe Co.ParkersSumter Co.PaschalTalbot Co.PaytonFulton Co.Peachtree ParkFulton Co.PetersonsCharlton Co.PettyMitchell Co.PfeifferScreven Co.PiedmontJasper Co.PikeGilmer Co.PinckneyvilleGwinnett Co.PindertownWorth Co.PinetuckyJefferson Co.Pleasant HillGrady Co.Pleasant HillEarly Co.Pleasant RetreatWhite Co.PlentitudeJones Co.PlowshareCarroll Co.Pond ForkJackson Co.PoscoPolk Co.PossieWilkes Co.PowellLamar Co.PowellFulton Co.PrescottCharlton Co.PrideHancock Co.PrincetonRockdale Co.PurvisTattnall Co.QuebecUnion Co.QuinnJeff Davis Co.RaesRichmond Co.RatcliffGilmer Co.RavenelPolk Co.Red OrePolk Co.RefugeCamden Co.RehobothMorgan Co.RestFayette Co.RevereLamar Co.RivoliBibb Co.RoanokeStewart Co.RoberPickens Co.RockmillBibb Co.Rocky CreekGordon Co.Rocky GapFannin Co.RoddenberryThomas Co.RoderickLong Co.RogersUnion Co.Rousseau SpringMcDuffie Co.RuarkDougherty Co.RuthGreene Co.RutherfordOconee Co.SackvilleChatham Co.SacoMitchell Co.SalemLincoln Co.SalemWalker Co.SalubrityFranklin Co.San BarnardWorth Co.SandtownFulton Co.SardumRockdale Co.Scull ShoalsGreene Co.SeafordLowndes Co.ShackChattahoochee Co.ShackeltonChattooga Co.ShellmanBartow Co.ShieldsMorgan Co.ShilohMcDuffie Co.ShinglersTurner Co.SigurdDodge Co.SilasWashington Co.SlabtownFulton Co.Slaughter CreekStewart Co.Smalls CrossingJones Co.SmileyLong Co.Smiths MillJasper Co.Snake NationFulton Co.SniderGilmer Co.SocratesMonroe Co.SofkeeGrady Co.SophiaBartow Co.SoqueeHabersham Co.South MillenJenkins Co.Spauldings SettlementChatham Co.SpiloUnion Co.SpiveyPutnam Co.SpoonerMiller Co.Spring GroveStewart Co.Spring HillMonroe Co.SpringfieldEarly Co.SpringhavenLaurens Co.StallingsJones Co.Stamp CreekBartow Co.Stanley MillGilmer Co.StansellElbert Co.StayLumpkin Co.StephentonLowndes Co.StocksLee Co.StoryCobb Co.StorysChattooga Co.StrainLiberty Co.Strum BayLiberty Co.Sugar HillBartow Co.SummitBartow Co.SunlightStewart Co.SunshineHancock Co.SycoraxOglethorpe Co.TalasseeJackson Co.TaliaferroChattooga Co.TallokasBrooks Co.Tallulah ParkHabersham Co.Tatham MinesMcDuffie Co.TatumDade Co.Taylors CreekLiberty Co.TerraceColquitt Co.TharpeHouston Co.ThaxtonWilkes Co.The GladesPutnam Co.TibetLong Co.TilleyStewart Co.TillmanBrooks Co.TouraineThomas Co.TowaligaButts Co.TrackrockUnion Co.TreatPolk Co.Troup FactoryTroup Co.TubeLumpkin Co.TunisHenry Co.TurniptownGilmer Co.TurpinOconee Co.TwilightMiller Co.UnionGlynn Co.VacunaCamden Co.ValdoSpalding Co.Van BurenJones Co.VernonTroup Co.VinsonPaulding Co.VisageTowns Co.WalkeeLaurens Co.WallaceDeKalb Co.WalnutLumpkin Co.Walnut HillFranklin Co.WalthrallPolk Co.WarrensWalker Co.Water ValleyGordon Co.Waters StoreFloyd Co.Watson GapFannin Co.WeaverPike Co.WeldonColquitt Co.WellsMurray Co.WestbrookLaurens Co.WheelerGordon Co.White RockLincoln Co.White Sulphur StationHall Co.WierLumpkin Co.WildLumpkin Co.WilkinsFloyd Co.WilkinsonsLamar Co.WillifordCrisp Co.WillinghamWorth Co.WillowLumpkin Co.WinklesPolk Co.Wisdoms StoreHarris Co.WiseOglethorpe Co.Woffords SettlementBanks Co.WoodstockCharlton Co.WoodstownHenry Co.WoolfolkChattahoochee Co.WoollysBartow Co.WornerTerrell Co.YanceyFloyd Co.Yellow RiverGwinnett Co.Youngblood CornersWilkinson Co.YoungcaneUnion Co.ZidonFranklin Co.ZirklePierce Co.ZulaChattooga Co.