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Valdo

Ghost town · Spalding County, Georgia

Brooks quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000)
Brooks quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1965, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Valdo is a ghost town in Spalding County, Georgia. It is one of 2 former communities in Spalding County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 90th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Valdo as a historical populated place on the Brooks 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 33.2798° N, 84.3769° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrooks
Elevation773 ft
Nearest living townBrooks, GA
Distance to it4.4 miles
GNIS feature ID353065
Coordinates33.27984, -84.37687

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What's there now

Valdo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Brooks, GA (population 693), about 4.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 773 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 Valdo?

Valdo is in Spalding County, Georgia, at 33.2798, -84.3769.

How many ghost towns are in Spalding County?

Spalding County, Georgia has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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