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Edington

Ghost town · Knox County, Tennessee

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

Edington is a ghost town in Knox County, Tennessee. It is one of 9 former communities in Knox County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 28th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Edington as a historical populated place on the Bearden 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 35.8912° N, 84.0888° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBearden
Elevation870 ft
Nearest living townLouisville, TN
Distance to it5.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1312267
Coordinates35.89119, -84.08880

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What's there now

Edington is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Louisville, TN (population 4,369), about 5.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 870 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 Edington?

Edington is in Knox County, Tennessee, at 35.8912, -84.0888.

How many ghost towns are in Knox County?

Knox County, Tennessee has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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