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Buena Vista

Ghost town · Graves County, Kentucky

Cuba quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Cuba quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Buena Vista is a ghost town in Graves County, Kentucky. It is one of 2 former communities in Graves County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 84th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Buena Vista as a historical populated place on the Cuba 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 36.5025° N, 88.6631° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCuba
Elevation448 ft
Nearest living townDukedom, TN
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID2743800
Coordinates36.50250, -88.66310

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What's there now

Buena Vista is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dukedom, TN (population 157), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 448 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 Buena Vista?

Buena Vista is in Graves County, Kentucky, at 36.5025, -88.6631.

How many ghost towns are in Graves County?

Graves County, Kentucky has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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