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Station Camp

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

Station Camp 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 Station Camp 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 36.3981° N, 86.5594° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCottontown
Elevation498 ft
Nearest living townShackle Island, TN
Distance to it3.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1311964
Coordinates36.39810, -86.55944

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What's there now

Station Camp is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shackle Island, TN (population 4,164), about 3.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 498 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 Station Camp?

Station Camp is in Sumner County, Tennessee, at 36.3981, -86.5594.

How many ghost towns are in Sumner County?

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

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