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Fordville

Ghost town · Unicoi County, Tennessee

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

Fordville is a ghost town in Unicoi County, Tennessee. It is one of 6 former communities in Unicoi County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 44th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fordville as a historical populated place on the Chestoa 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 36.0937° N, 82.4768° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleChestoa
Elevation1,768 ft
Nearest living townBanner Hill, TN
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1649447
Coordinates36.09372, -82.47681

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What's there now

Fordville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Banner Hill, TN (population 1,519), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,768 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 Fordville?

Fordville is in Unicoi County, Tennessee, at 36.0937, -82.4768.

How many ghost towns are in Unicoi County?

Unicoi County, Tennessee has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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