Wayfarrow

Brakebill

Ghost town · Monroe County, Tennessee

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

Brakebill is a ghost town in Monroe County, Tennessee. It is one of 20 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Brakebill as a historical populated place on the Madisonville 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 35.6145° N, 84.2888° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMadisonville
Elevation900 ft
Nearest living townRarity Bay, TN
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1308280
Coordinates35.61452, -84.28881

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Brakebill is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rarity Bay, TN (population 728), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 900 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Brakebill?

Brakebill is in Monroe County, Tennessee, at 35.6145, -84.2888.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Tennessee has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.