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Blacksboro

Ghost town · Upson County, Georgia

Thomaston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500)
Thomaston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1939, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Blacksboro is a ghost town in Upson County, Georgia. It is the only former community in Upson County recorded on the federal names register, out of 570 across Georgia.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Blacksboro as a historical populated place on the Thomaston 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 32.9343° N, 84.2616° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleThomaston
Elevation763 ft
Nearest living townThe Rock, GA
Distance to it2.2 miles
GNIS feature ID346688
Coordinates32.93430, -84.26158

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What's there now

Blacksboro is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is The Rock, GA (population 30), about 2.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 763 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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