Nickajack
Ghost town · Cobb County, Georgia

Nickajack is a ghost town in Cobb County, Georgia. It is one of 6 former communities in Cobb County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 39th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Nickajack as a historical populated place on the Mableton 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 33.8368° N, 84.5422° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Mableton |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 856 ft |
| Nearest living town | Mableton, GA |
| Distance to it | 2.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1686232 |
| Coordinates | 33.83677, -84.54215 |
What's there now
Nickajack is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mableton, GA (population 42,403), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 856 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Concord Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Cobb County · 1.3 mi
- McIvorghost town · Cobb County · 4 mi
- Lizzieghost town · Cobb County · 4.4 mi
- Paytonghost town · Fulton County · 4.8 mi
- Marietta Place Homesghost town · Cobb County · 7.3 mi
- Sandtownghost town · Fulton County · 9 mi
- Snake Nationghost town · Fulton County · 10.1 mi
- Edwardsvilleghost town · Fulton County · 10.4 mi
- Peachtree Parkghost town · Fulton County · 10.5 mi
- Kearnsghost town · Cobb County · 10.8 mi
- Powellghost town · Fulton County · 10.8 mi
- Slabtownghost town · Fulton County · 10.9 mi
Questions
Where is Nickajack?
Nickajack is in Cobb County, Georgia, at 33.8368, -84.5422.
How many ghost towns are in Cobb County?
Cobb County, Georgia has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.