Leatherwood
Ghost town · Maury County, Tennessee

Leatherwood is a ghost town in Maury County, Tennessee. It is one of 21 former communities in Maury County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Leatherwood as a historical populated place on the Primm Springs 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 35.7537° N, 87.2258° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Primm Springs |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 649 ft |
| Nearest living town | Wrigley, TN |
| Distance to it | 12.4 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1313235 |
| Coordinates | 35.75368, -87.22584 |
What's there now
Leatherwood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wrigley, TN (population 114), about 12.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 649 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Capersghost town · Maury County · 4.2 mi
- Mayberryghost town · Maury County · 5.3 mi
- Bluffpointghost town · Hickman County · 5.5 mi
- Bealeghost town · Hickman County · 5.8 mi
- Lick Creekghost town · Hickman County · 6.4 mi
- Lattaghost town · Maury County · 7.8 mi
- Foggghost town · Hickman County · 8 mi
- Concordghost town · Maury County · 8.9 mi
- Mowdghost town · Maury County · 9.1 mi
- Benghost town · Maury County · 9.7 mi
- Sulphur Springsghost town · Maury County · 10.1 mi
- Locoghost town · Maury County · 12.3 mi
Questions
Where is Leatherwood?
Leatherwood is in Maury County, Tennessee, at 35.7537, -87.2258.
How many ghost towns are in Maury County?
Maury County, Tennessee has 21 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.