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Rival

Ghost town · Sumner County, Tennessee

Cottontown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)
Cottontown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Rival is a ghost town in Sumner County, Tennessee. It is one of 6 former communities in Sumner County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 46th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rival as a historical populated place on the Cottontown 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 36.3870° N, 86.5067° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCottontown
Elevation489 ft
Nearest living townGallatin, TN
Distance to it2.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1311953
Coordinates36.38699, -86.50666

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What's there now

Rival is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gallatin, TN (population 46,667), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 489 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 Rival?

Rival is in Sumner County, Tennessee, at 36.3870, -86.5067.

How many ghost towns are in Sumner County?

Sumner County, Tennessee has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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