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Cleaton

Ghost town · Walton County, Georgia

Monroe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Monroe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cleaton is a ghost town in Walton County, Georgia. It is the only former community in Walton County recorded on the federal names register, out of 570 across Georgia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cleaton as a historical populated place on the Monroe 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 33.7707° N, 83.7013° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMonroe
Elevation872 ft
Nearest living townMonroe, GA
Distance to it2.1 miles
GNIS feature ID342659
Coordinates33.77067, -83.70128

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What's there now

Cleaton is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Monroe, GA (population 15,336), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 872 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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