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Tatum

Ghost town · Dade County, Georgia

Trenton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Trenton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Tatum as a historical populated place on the Trenton 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 34.8381° N, 85.5155° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTrenton
Elevation764 ft
Nearest living townTrenton, GA
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID334401
Coordinates34.83813, -85.51552

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What's there now

Tatum is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Trenton, GA (population 2,061), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 764 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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