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Etta

Ghost town · Paulding County, Georgia

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

Etta is a ghost town in Paulding County, Georgia. It is one of 2 former communities in Paulding County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 97th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Etta as a historical populated place on the Dallas 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 33.9918° N, 84.7927° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDallas
Elevation945 ft
Nearest living townDallas, GA
Distance to it5.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1730670
Coordinates33.99177, -84.79272

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What's there now

Etta is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dallas, GA (population 14,440), about 5.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 945 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 Etta?

Etta is in Paulding County, Georgia, at 33.9918, -84.7927.

How many ghost towns are in Paulding County?

Paulding County, Georgia has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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