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Willoughby Nation

Ghost town · Montgomery County, Kentucky

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

Willoughby Nation is a ghost town in Montgomery County, Kentucky. It is one of 15 former communities in Montgomery County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 29th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Willoughby Nation as a historical populated place on the Means 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 37.9584° N, 83.8666° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMeans
Elevation827 ft
Nearest living townJeffersonville, KY
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID2491659
Coordinates37.95836, -83.86655

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What's there now

Willoughby Nation is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jeffersonville, KY (population 1,937), about 1.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 827 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 Willoughby Nation?

Willoughby Nation is in Montgomery County, Kentucky, at 37.9584, -83.8666.

How many ghost towns are in Montgomery County?

Montgomery County, Kentucky has 15 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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