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Earnest

Ghost town · Bradley County, Tennessee

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

Earnest is a ghost town in Bradley County, Tennessee. It is the only former community in Bradley County recorded on the federal names register, out of 660 across Tennessee.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Earnest as a historical populated place on the Felker 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 35.0004° N, 84.8427° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFelker
Elevation872 ft
Nearest living townWildwood Lake, TN
Distance to it6.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1307803
Coordinates35.00035, -84.84272

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What's there now

Earnest is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wildwood Lake, TN (population 3,490), about 6.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 872 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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