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Ghost town · Sevier County, Tennessee

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

Fox is a ghost town in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Sevier County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 20th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Fox as a historical populated place on the Shady Grove 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 35.9093° N, 83.3957° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleShady Grove
Elevation1,142 ft
Nearest living townFairgarden, TN
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1312986
Coordinates35.90926, -83.39572

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What's there now

Fox is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fairgarden, TN (population 404), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,142 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 Fox?

Fox is in Sevier County, Tennessee, at 35.9093, -83.3957.

How many ghost towns are in Sevier County?

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

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