Rhodelia
Ghost town · Union County, Tennessee

Rhodelia is a ghost town in Union County, Tennessee. It is one of 18 former communities in Union County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rhodelia as a historical populated place on the White Hollow 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 36.3487° N, 83.8994° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | White Hollow |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,130 ft |
| Nearest living town | Maynardville, TN |
| Distance to it | 8.8 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1311804 |
| Coordinates | 36.34869, -83.89936 |
What's there now
Rhodelia is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Maynardville, TN (population 2,501), about 8.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,130 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Long Hollowghost town · Union County · 2 mi
- Lost Creekghost town · Union County · 2.3 mi
- Ruleghost town · Union County · 2.7 mi
- Rayghost town · Union County · 3 mi
- Looghost town · Union County · 3.2 mi
- Phebeghost town · Union County · 3.5 mi
- Powells Riverghost town · Campbell County · 4.3 mi
- Sillghost town · Union County · 4.3 mi
- Stiner Storeghost town · Union County · 4.7 mi
- New Prospectghost town · Union County · 4.8 mi
- Girltonghost town · Campbell County · 5.3 mi
- Hurricane Branchghost town · Union County · 5.4 mi
Questions
Where is Rhodelia?
Rhodelia is in Union County, Tennessee, at 36.3487, -83.8994.
How many ghost towns are in Union County?
Union County, Tennessee has 18 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.