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Boy

Ghost town · Campbell County, Tennessee

Demory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Demory quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Boy is a ghost town in Campbell County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Campbell County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 19th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Boy as a historical populated place on the Demory 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 36.3509° N, 84.0321° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDemory
Elevation1,003 ft
Nearest living townFincastle, TN
Distance to it3.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1311290
Coordinates36.35091, -84.03214

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What's there now

Boy is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fincastle, TN (population 1,328), about 3.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,003 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 Boy?

Boy is in Campbell County, Tennessee, at 36.3509, -84.0321.

How many ghost towns are in Campbell County?

Campbell County, Tennessee has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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