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Haywood Chapel

Ghost town · Daviess County, Kentucky

Tell City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500)
Tell City quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1903, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Haywood Chapel is a ghost town in Daviess County, Kentucky. It is one of 13 former communities in Daviess County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 34th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Haywood Chapel as a historical populated place on the Lewisport 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 37.9065° N, 86.9859° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLewisport
Nearest living townGrandview, IN
Distance to it2 miles
GNIS feature ID2742922
Coordinates37.90649, -86.98593

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What's there now

Haywood Chapel is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Grandview, IN (population 783), about 2 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Haywood Chapel?

Haywood Chapel is in Daviess County, Kentucky, at 37.9065, -86.9859.

How many ghost towns are in Daviess County?

Daviess County, Kentucky has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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