Little River
Ghost town · Monroe County, Tennessee

Little River 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 Little River as a historical populated place on the Vonore 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 35.6070° N, 84.2188° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Vonore |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 808 ft |
| Nearest living town | Vonore, TN |
| Distance to it | 1.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1308311 |
| Coordinates | 35.60702, -84.21880 |
What's there now
Little River is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Vonore, TN (population 1,829), about 1.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 808 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Tuskeegeeghost town · Monroe County · 1.4 mi
- Mialoquoghost town · Monroe County · 1.5 mi
- Fourmile Bridgeghost town · Monroe County · 1.8 mi
- Tommotleyghost town · Monroe County · 3.1 mi
- Toquaghost town · Monroe County · 3.7 mi
- Brakebillghost town · Monroe County · 4 mi
- Alleghanyghost town · Loudon County · 4.2 mi
- Mountainvilleghost town · Monroe County · 5.1 mi
- Griffittsghost town · Loudon County · 5.2 mi
- Palinghost town · Loudon County · 5.3 mi
- Chotaghost town · Monroe County · 6.2 mi
- Tennesseeghost town · Monroe County · 6.3 mi
Questions
Where is Little River?
Little River is in Monroe County, Tennessee, at 35.6070, -84.2188.
How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?
Monroe County, Tennessee has 20 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.