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Porters

Ghost town · Henry County, Tennessee

Springville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Springville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Porters is a ghost town in Henry County, Tennessee. It is one of 5 former communities in Henry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 55th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Porters as a historical populated place on the West Sandy Dike 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 36.2992° N, 88.2414° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWest Sandy Dike
Elevation380 ft
Nearest living townParis, TN
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1310794
Coordinates36.29922, -88.24143

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What's there now

Porters is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Paris, TN (population 10,313), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 380 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 Porters?

Porters is in Henry County, Tennessee, at 36.2992, -88.2414.

How many ghost towns are in Henry County?

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

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