Holly
Ghost town · Coffee County, Tennessee

Holly is a ghost town in Coffee County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Coffee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 23rd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Holly as a historical populated place on the Fredonia 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 35.6031° N, 86.1042° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Fredonia |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,089 ft |
| Nearest living town | Lakewood Park, TN |
| Distance to it | 3.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1310332 |
| Coordinates | 35.60313, -86.10416 |
What's there now
Holly is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lakewood Park, TN (population 1,016), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,089 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Tealghost town · Coffee County · 3.6 mi
- Naolaghost town · Coffee County · 4.8 mi
- Robinsonghost town · Coffee County · 6.5 mi
- Carmanghost town · Cannon County · 7.1 mi
- Crispghost town · Cannon County · 7.4 mi
- Walkersvilleghost town · Coffee County · 7.5 mi
- Tolbertsvilleghost town · Cannon County · 8.2 mi
- Rocky Pointghost town · Cannon County · 8.4 mi
- Hopewellghost town · Cannon County · 8.6 mi
- Brooksvilleghost town · Coffee County · 8.6 mi
- Jerniganghost town · Cannon County · 9.6 mi
- Coldwaterghost town · Cannon County · 9.8 mi
Questions
Where is Holly?
Holly is in Coffee County, Tennessee, at 35.6031, -86.1042.
How many ghost towns are in Coffee County?
Coffee County, Tennessee has 11 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.