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Amerene

Ghost town · Blount County, Tennessee

Maryville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Maryville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Amerene is a ghost town in Blount County, Tennessee. It is one of 13 former communities in Blount County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Amerene as a historical populated place on the Maryville 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 35.7659° N, 83.8968° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMaryville
Elevation922 ft
Nearest living townEagleton Village, TN
Distance to it2.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1314195
Coordinates35.76592, -83.89685

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What's there now

Amerene is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Eagleton Village, TN (population 5,849), about 2.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 922 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 Amerene?

Amerene is in Blount County, Tennessee, at 35.7659, -83.8968.

How many ghost towns are in Blount County?

Blount County, Tennessee has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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