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Mount Hope

Ghost town · Greene County, Tennessee

Baileyton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Baileyton quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Hope is a ghost town in Greene County, Tennessee. It is one of 12 former communities in Greene County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 17th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Hope as a historical populated place on the Baileyton 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 36.2959° N, 82.8271° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBaileyton
Elevation1,203 ft
Nearest living townBaileyton, TN
Distance to it2 miles
GNIS feature ID1643119
Coordinates36.29593, -82.82710

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What's there now

Mount Hope is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Baileyton, TN (population 493), about 2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,203 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 Mount Hope?

Mount Hope is in Greene County, Tennessee, at 36.2959, -82.8271.

How many ghost towns are in Greene County?

Greene County, Tennessee has 12 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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