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Camp Pinkney

Ghost town · Charlton County, Georgia

Boulogne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500)
Boulogne quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1917, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Camp Pinkney is a ghost town in Charlton County, Georgia. It is one of 5 former communities in Charlton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 45th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Camp Pinkney as a historical populated place on the Boulogne 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 30.8375° N, 81.9759° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBoulogne
Elevation71 ft
Nearest living townFolkston, GA
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID357745
Coordinates30.83745, -81.97595

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What's there now

Camp Pinkney is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Folkston, GA (population 4,609), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 71 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 Camp Pinkney?

Camp Pinkney is in Charlton County, Georgia, at 30.8375, -81.9759.

How many ghost towns are in Charlton County?

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

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