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Winstead

Ghost town · Rutherford County, Tennessee

Murfreesboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500)
Murfreesboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Winstead is a ghost town in Rutherford County, Tennessee. It is one of 7 former communities in Rutherford County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 40th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Winstead as a historical populated place on the Murfreesboro 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 35.7776° N, 86.4019° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMurfreesboro
Elevation661 ft
Nearest living townChristiana, TN
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID1313189
Coordinates35.77757, -86.40194

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What's there now

Winstead is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Christiana, TN (population 4,753), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 661 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 Winstead?

Winstead is in Rutherford County, Tennessee, at 35.7776, -86.4019.

How many ghost towns are in Rutherford County?

Rutherford County, Tennessee has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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