Foot
Ghost town · White County, Tennessee

Foot is a ghost town in White County, Tennessee. It is one of 10 former communities in White County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 26th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Foot as a historical populated place on the Monterey Lake 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 36.0251° N, 85.3183° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Monterey Lake |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 903 ft |
| Nearest living town | Mayland, TN |
| Distance to it | 6.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1312160 |
| Coordinates | 36.02506, -85.31830 |
What's there now
Foot is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mayland, TN (population 420), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 903 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Neverfailghost town · Cumberland County · 5 mi
- Peekvilleghost town · Putnam County · 10.5 mi
- Perillaghost town · White County · 12 mi
- Methodistghost town · White County · 12.7 mi
- Hudsonburgghost town · Putnam County · 13.6 mi
- Leggetghost town · Cumberland County · 13.7 mi
- Elijahghost town · White County · 13.8 mi
- Youngghost town · White County · 13.9 mi
- Olivevilleghost town · White County · 14 mi
- Marchbanksghost town · Putnam County · 14 mi
- Mount Gileadghost town · Cumberland County · 14.8 mi
- Netherlandsghost town · Overton County · 15.6 mi
Questions
Where is Foot?
Foot is in White County, Tennessee, at 36.0251, -85.3183.
How many ghost towns are in White County?
White County, Tennessee has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.