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Folks

Ghost town · Calhoun County, Georgia

Morgan quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Morgan quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Folks as a historical populated place on the Morgan 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 31.6196° N, 84.6063° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMorgan
Elevation289 ft
Nearest living townMorgan, GA
Distance to it5.6 miles
GNIS feature ID335064
Coordinates31.61961, -84.60631

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What's there now

Folks is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Morgan, GA (population 1,878), about 5.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 289 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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