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Slab Town

Ghost town · Hardin County, Tennessee

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

Slab Town is a ghost town in Hardin County, Tennessee. It is one of 9 former communities in Hardin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 31st among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Slab Town as a historical populated place on the Counce 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 35.0479° N, 88.2525° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCounce
Elevation404 ft
Nearest living townCounce, TN
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1313282
Coordinates35.04786, -88.25254

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What's there now

Slab Town is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Counce, TN (population 352), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 404 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 Slab Town?

Slab Town is in Hardin County, Tennessee, at 35.0479, -88.2525.

How many ghost towns are in Hardin County?

Hardin County, Tennessee has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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