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Bowling Green

Ghost town · Oglethorpe County, Georgia

Maxeys quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Maxeys quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bowling Green is a ghost town in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. It is one of 5 former communities in Oglethorpe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 42nd among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bowling Green as a historical populated place on the Maxeys topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 33.7621° N, 83.1365° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMaxeys
Elevation753 ft
Nearest living townMaxeys, GA
Distance to it2.1 miles
GNIS feature ID335729
Coordinates33.76207, -83.13654

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What's there now

Bowling Green is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Maxeys, GA (population 348), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 753 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bowling Green?

Bowling Green is in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, at 33.7621, -83.1365.

How many ghost towns are in Oglethorpe County?

Oglethorpe County, Georgia has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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