Zula
Ghost town · Chattooga County, Georgia

Zula is a ghost town in Chattooga County, Georgia. It is one of 11 former communities in Chattooga County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Zula as a historical populated place on the Armuchee 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 34.4568° N, 85.1858° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Armuchee |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 648 ft |
| Nearest living town | Summerville, GA |
| Distance to it | 9.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 344518 |
| Coordinates | 34.45675, -85.18578 |
What's there now
Zula is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Summerville, GA (population 4,406), about 9.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 648 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Haywoodghost town · Chattooga County · 2.4 mi
- Storysghost town · Chattooga County · 4.6 mi
- Everett Springsghost town · Floyd County · 4.9 mi
- Shackeltonghost town · Chattooga County · 5.5 mi
- Margieghost town · Floyd County · 5.7 mi
- Rocky Creekghost town · Gordon County · 6.8 mi
- Central Groveghost town · Floyd County · 8.4 mi
- Cheneyghost town · Chattooga County · 8.4 mi
- Waters Storeghost town · Floyd County · 10.9 mi
- Greenbushghost town · Walker County · 12.4 mi
- Taliaferroghost town · Chattooga County · 13 mi
- Euthtillogaghost town · Chattooga County · 13.5 mi
Questions
Where is Zula?
Zula is in Chattooga County, Georgia, at 34.4568, -85.1858.
How many ghost towns are in Chattooga County?
Chattooga County, Georgia has 11 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.