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Chestnut Hill

Ghost town · Carroll County, Georgia

Villa Rica quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500)
Villa Rica quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Chestnut Hill is a ghost town in Carroll County, Georgia. It is one of 10 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chestnut Hill as a historical populated place on the Villa Rica 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 33.7068° N, 84.9636° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleVilla Rica
Elevation1,284 ft
Nearest living townVilla Rica, GA
Distance to it3.1 miles
GNIS feature ID350109
Coordinates33.70677, -84.96355

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What's there now

Chestnut Hill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Villa Rica, GA (population 17,798), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,284 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 Chestnut Hill?

Chestnut Hill is in Carroll County, Georgia, at 33.7068, -84.9636.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Georgia has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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