Underwood Springs
Ghost town · Sullivan County, Tennessee

Underwood Springs is a ghost town in Sullivan County, Tennessee. It is one of 26 former communities in Sullivan County on the federal names register. No county in Tennessee has more among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Underwood Springs as a historical populated place on the Keenburg 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 36.4334° N, 82.1776° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Keenburg |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,976 ft |
| Nearest living town | Hunter, TN |
| Distance to it | 2.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1640564 |
| Coordinates | 36.43344, -82.17763 |
What's there now
Underwood Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hunter, TN (population 1,997), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,976 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Cleavet Springsghost town · Sullivan County · 2.4 mi
- Rexfordghost town · Carter County · 4.5 mi
- Elizabethton Covered Bridgecovered bridge · Carter County · 6.3 mi
- Beidlemansghost town · Sullivan County · 6.5 mi
- Earheartghost town · Sullivan County · 7.4 mi
- Sumpterghost town · Sullivan County · 7.8 mi
- Big Creekghost town · Sullivan County · 7.9 mi
- Lellaghost town · Sullivan County · 8.9 mi
- Cardens Bluffghost town · Carter County · 8.9 mi
- Gougeghost town · Carter County · 9.1 mi
- Fishdamghost town · Sullivan County · 9.8 mi
- Whitingghost town · Carter County · 9.8 mi
Questions
Where is Underwood Springs?
Underwood Springs is in Sullivan County, Tennessee, at 36.4334, -82.1776.
How many ghost towns are in Sullivan County?
Sullivan County, Tennessee has 26 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.