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Briscoe

Ghost town · Polk County, Georgia

Cedartown East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)
Cedartown East quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Briscoe is a ghost town in Polk County, Georgia. It is one of 14 former communities in Polk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Briscoe as a historical populated place on the Cedartown East 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 34.0893° N, 85.2397° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleCedartown East
Elevation775 ft
Nearest living townCedartown, GA
Distance to it4.7 miles
GNIS feature ID343528
Coordinates34.08926, -85.23967

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What's there now

Briscoe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cedartown, GA (population 10,211), about 4.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 775 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 Briscoe?

Briscoe is in Polk County, Georgia, at 34.0893, -85.2397.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

Polk County, Georgia has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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