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Dowdy

Ghost town · Madison County, Georgia

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

Dowdy is a ghost town in Madison County, Georgia. It is one of 3 former communities in Madison County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 79th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dowdy as a historical populated place on the Hull 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 34.0329° N, 83.2810° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHull
Elevation705 ft
Nearest living townHull, GA
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID335489
Coordinates34.03289, -83.28099

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What's there now

Dowdy is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hull, GA (population 256), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 705 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Dowdy?

Dowdy is in Madison County, Georgia, at 34.0329, -83.2810.

How many ghost towns are in Madison County?

Madison County, Georgia has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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