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Parkers

Ghost town · Sumter County, Georgia

Leslie quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500)
Leslie quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Parkers is a ghost town in Sumter County, Georgia. It is one of 6 former communities in Sumter County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 35th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Parkers as a historical populated place on the Leslie 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 31.9768° N, 84.1127° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLeslie
Elevation359 ft
Nearest living townLeslie, GA
Distance to it2.1 miles
GNIS feature ID343477
Coordinates31.97684, -84.11268

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What's there now

Parkers is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Leslie, GA (population 490), about 2.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 359 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 Parkers?

Parkers is in Sumter County, Georgia, at 31.9768, -84.1127.

How many ghost towns are in Sumter County?

Sumter County, Georgia has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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