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Hunt

Ghost town · Towns County, Georgia

Hiawassee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Hiawassee quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Hunt is a ghost town in Towns County, Georgia. It is one of 3 former communities in Towns County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 74th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hunt as a historical populated place on the Hiawassee 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 34.9687° N, 83.7524° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHiawassee
Elevation1,923 ft
Nearest living townHiawassee, GA
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1705067
Coordinates34.96870, -83.75239

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What's there now

Hunt is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hiawassee, GA (population 1,300), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,923 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 Hunt?

Hunt is in Towns County, Georgia, at 34.9687, -83.7524.

How many ghost towns are in Towns County?

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

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