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Carrollville

Ghost town · Wayne County, Tennessee

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

Carrollville is a ghost town in Wayne County, Tennessee. It is one of 20 former communities in Wayne County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Carrollville as a historical populated place on the Clifton 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 35.3912° N, 87.9778° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleClifton
Elevation438 ft
Nearest living townClifton, TN
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1302712
Coordinates35.39119, -87.97781

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What's there now

Carrollville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Clifton, TN (population 2,632), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 438 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 Carrollville?

Carrollville is in Wayne County, Tennessee, at 35.3912, -87.9778.

How many ghost towns are in Wayne County?

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

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