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Jeffrey

Ghost town · Monroe County, Tennessee

Whiteoak Flats quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 1:24,000)
Whiteoak Flats quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1933, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Jeffrey is a ghost town in Monroe County, Tennessee. It is one of 20 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Jeffrey as a historical populated place on the Whiteoak Flats 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 35.4023° N, 84.0766° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWhiteoak Flats
Elevation1,721 ft
Nearest living townLake Santeetlah, NC
Distance to it12.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1308306
Coordinates35.40230, -84.07658

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What's there now

Jeffrey is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lake Santeetlah, NC (population 116), about 12.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,721 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 Jeffrey?

Jeffrey is in Monroe County, Tennessee, at 35.4023, -84.0766.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Tennessee has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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