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Cobbham

Ghost town · Clarke County, Georgia

Athens West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Athens West quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cobbham as a historical populated place on the Athens West 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 33.9598° N, 83.3943° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAthens West
Elevation746 ft
Nearest living townAthens-Clarke County unified government, GA
Distance to it1.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1672705
Coordinates33.95984, -83.39433

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What's there now

Cobbham is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Athens-Clarke County unified government, GA (population 126,987), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 746 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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