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Cedar Grove

Ghost town · Shelby County, Tennessee

Bartlett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:62,500)
Bartlett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cedar Grove is a ghost town in Shelby County, Tennessee. It is one of 13 former communities in Shelby County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cedar Grove as a historical populated place on the Northeast Memphis 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 35.1904° N, 89.8906° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNortheast Memphis
Elevation258 ft
Nearest living townBartlett, TN
Distance to it5 miles
GNIS feature ID1313569
Coordinates35.19037, -89.89064

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What's there now

Cedar Grove is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bartlett, TN (population 56,998), about 5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 258 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 Cedar Grove?

Cedar Grove is in Shelby County, Tennessee, at 35.1904, -89.8906.

How many ghost towns are in Shelby County?

Shelby County, Tennessee has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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