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Etowah

Ghost town · Lumpkin County, Georgia

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

Etowah is a ghost town in Lumpkin County, Georgia. It is one of 15 former communities in Lumpkin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 4th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Etowah as a historical populated place on the Dawsonville 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 34.4779° N, 84.0494° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDawsonville
Elevation1,365 ft
Nearest living townDawsonville, GA
Distance to it5.3 miles
GNIS feature ID357173
Coordinates34.47787, -84.04936

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What's there now

Etowah is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dawsonville, GA (population 4,147), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,365 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 Etowah?

Etowah is in Lumpkin County, Georgia, at 34.4779, -84.0494.

How many ghost towns are in Lumpkin County?

Lumpkin County, Georgia has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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