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Crookedfork

Ghost town · Morgan County, Tennessee

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

Crookedfork is a ghost town in Morgan County, Tennessee. It is one of 7 former communities in Morgan County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 39th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Crookedfork as a historical populated place on the Petros 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 36.0737° N, 84.4972° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePetros
Elevation1,319 ft
Nearest living townPetros, TN
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1309651
Coordinates36.07369, -84.49716

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What's there now

Crookedfork is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Petros, TN (population 269), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,319 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 Crookedfork?

Crookedfork is in Morgan County, Tennessee, at 36.0737, -84.4972.

How many ghost towns are in Morgan County?

Morgan County, Tennessee has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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