WayfarrowMobley
Ghost town · Stewart County, Tennessee
Mobley is a ghost town in Stewart County, Tennessee. It is one of 6 former communities in Stewart County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 41st among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mobley as a historical populated place on the Paris Landing 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 36.4362° N, 88.0098° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Paris Landing |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 359 ft |
| Nearest living town | Dover, TN |
| Distance to it | 9.7 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1308905 |
| Coordinates | 36.43616, -88.00975 |
What's there now
Mobley is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dover, TN (population 2,080), about 9.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 359 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Mint Springghost town · Stewart County · 2.7 mi
- Paceghost town · Henry County · 3.9 mi
- Striblingghost town · Stewart County · 5.2 mi
- Mount Carmelghost town · Calloway County · 8.6 mi
- Danvilleghost town · Houston County · 9.8 mi
- Mount Vistaghost town · Henry County · 10.2 mi
- Macedoniaghost town · Calloway County · 11.7 mi
- Griffinghost town · Houston County · 12.8 mi
- McCruistonghost town · Calloway County · 13.8 mi
- Poplar Springghost town · Calloway County · 15 mi
- Center Ridgeghost town · Calloway County · 15.6 mi
- Cherry Cornerghost town · Calloway County · 15.6 mi
Questions
Where is Mobley?
Mobley is in Stewart County, Tennessee, at 36.4362, -88.0098.
How many ghost towns are in Stewart County?
Stewart County, Tennessee has 6 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.