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Cayuga Town

Ghost town · Meigs County, Tennessee

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

Cayuga Town is a ghost town in Meigs County, Tennessee. It is one of 5 former communities in Meigs County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 52nd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cayuga Town as a historical populated place on the Big Spring 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 35.4098° N, 84.9777° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBig Spring
Elevation677 ft
Nearest living townSale Creek, TN
Distance to it6.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1309885
Coordinates35.40979, -84.97773

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What's there now

Cayuga Town is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sale Creek, TN (population 2,775), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 677 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 Cayuga Town?

Cayuga Town is in Meigs County, Tennessee, at 35.4098, -84.9777.

How many ghost towns are in Meigs County?

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

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