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Fork Mountain

Ghost town · Anderson County, Tennessee

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

Fork Mountain is a ghost town in Anderson County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Anderson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fork Mountain as a historical populated place: 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 36.1267° N, 84.4200° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,564 ft
Nearest living townPetros, TN
Distance to it2.4 miles
Coordinates36.12667, -84.42000

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What's there now

Fork Mountain is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Petros, TN (population 269), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,564 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 Fork Mountain?

Fork Mountain is in Anderson County, Tennessee, at 36.1267, -84.4200.

How many ghost towns are in Anderson County?

Anderson County, Tennessee has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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