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Cheney

Ghost town · Fulton County, Georgia

East Point quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000)
East Point quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cheney is a ghost town in Fulton County, Georgia. It is one of 11 former communities in Fulton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 9th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cheney as a historical populated place on the Southwest Atlanta 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 33.6896° N, 84.4369° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSouthwest Atlanta
Elevation1,049 ft
Nearest living townEast Point, GA
Distance to it2.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1704930
Coordinates33.68955, -84.43687

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What's there now

Cheney is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is East Point, GA (population 38,233), about 2.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,049 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 Cheney?

Cheney is in Fulton County, Georgia, at 33.6896, -84.4369.

How many ghost towns are in Fulton County?

Fulton County, Georgia has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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