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Mound Bottom

Ghost town · Cheatham County, Tennessee

White Bluff quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1930, 1:62,500)
White Bluff quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1930, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mound Bottom is a ghost town in Cheatham County, Tennessee. It is one of 5 former communities in Cheatham County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 54th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mound Bottom as a historical populated place on the Lillamay 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 36.1389° N, 87.1014° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLillamay
Elevation487 ft
Nearest living townPegram, TN
Distance to it3.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1644876
Coordinates36.13895, -87.10139

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What's there now

Mound Bottom is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Pegram, TN (population 2,216), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 487 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 Mound Bottom?

Mound Bottom is in Cheatham County, Tennessee, at 36.1389, -87.1014.

How many ghost towns are in Cheatham County?

Cheatham County, Tennessee has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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