Chatfield
Ghost town · Wilkes County, Georgia

Chatfield is a ghost town in Wilkes County, Georgia. It is one of 7 former communities in Wilkes County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 24th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Chatfield as a historical populated place on the Jacksons Crossroads 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 33.9007° N, 82.8615° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Jacksons Crossroads |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 538 ft |
| Nearest living town | Tignall, GA |
| Distance to it | 7.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 342742 |
| Coordinates | 33.90068, -82.86153 |
What's there now
Chatfield is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Tignall, GA (population 981), about 7.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 538 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Anonghost town · Oglethorpe County · 4.3 mi
- Thaxtonghost town · Wilkes County · 5.4 mi
- Goose Pondghost town · Oglethorpe County · 5.7 mi
- Bessieghost town · Wilkes County · 6.6 mi
- Wiseghost town · Oglethorpe County · 6.8 mi
- Sycoraxghost town · Oglethorpe County · 7 mi
- Armstrongghost town · Wilkes County · 8.5 mi
- Dysonghost town · Wilkes County · 10.5 mi
- Linaghost town · Wilkes County · 12.1 mi
- Stansellghost town · Elbert County · 13.4 mi
- Possieghost town · Wilkes County · 13.9 mi
- Huguenotghost town · Elbert County · 14.2 mi
Questions
Where is Chatfield?
Chatfield is in Wilkes County, Georgia, at 33.9007, -82.8615.
How many ghost towns are in Wilkes County?
Wilkes County, Georgia has 7 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.