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Iron Divide

Ghost town · Roane County, Tennessee

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

Iron Divide is a ghost town in Roane County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Roane County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 22nd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Iron Divide as a historical populated place on the Bacon Gap 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 35.8154° N, 84.5227° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBacon Gap
Elevation910 ft
Nearest living townKingston, TN
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1310434
Coordinates35.81535, -84.52271

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What's there now

Iron Divide is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kingston, TN (population 6,042), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 910 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 Iron Divide?

Iron Divide is in Roane County, Tennessee, at 35.8154, -84.5227.

How many ghost towns are in Roane County?

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

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