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Shinglers

Ghost town · Turner County, Georgia

Amboy quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1974, 1:24,000)
Amboy quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1974, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Shinglers is a ghost town in Turner County, Georgia. It is one of 4 former communities in Turner County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 57th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Shinglers as a historical populated place on the Amboy 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 31.7705° N, 83.6241° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAmboy
Elevation328 ft
Nearest living townAshburn, GA
Distance to it4.5 miles
GNIS feature ID343231
Coordinates31.77046, -83.62406

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What's there now

Shinglers is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Ashburn, GA (population 4,226), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 328 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 Shinglers?

Shinglers is in Turner County, Georgia, at 31.7705, -83.6241.

How many ghost towns are in Turner County?

Turner County, Georgia has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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