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Carnsville

Ghost town · Carroll County, Tennessee

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

Carnsville is a ghost town in Carroll County, Tennessee. It is one of 5 former communities in Carroll County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 51st among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carnsville as a historical populated place on the Vale 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 36.1148° N, 88.3367° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleVale
Elevation449 ft
Nearest living townHollow Rock, TN
Distance to it6.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1311768
Coordinates36.11478, -88.33671

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What's there now

Carnsville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hollow Rock, TN (population 701), about 6.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 449 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 Carnsville?

Carnsville is in Carroll County, Tennessee, at 36.1148, -88.3367.

How many ghost towns are in Carroll County?

Carroll County, Tennessee has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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