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Duke

Ghost town · Union County, Tennessee

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

Duke is a ghost town in Union County, Tennessee. It is one of 18 former communities in Union County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Duke as a historical populated place on the Big Ridge Park 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 36.2404° N, 83.9791° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBig Ridge Park
Elevation1,016 ft
Nearest living townAndersonville, TN
Distance to it4.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1311780
Coordinates36.24036, -83.97908

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What's there now

Duke is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Andersonville, TN (population 294), about 4.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,016 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 Duke?

Duke is in Union County, Tennessee, at 36.2404, -83.9791.

How many ghost towns are in Union County?

Union County, Tennessee has 18 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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