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Cold Springs

Ghost town · Turner County, Georgia

Rebecca quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1974, 1:24,000)
Rebecca quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1974, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cold Springs is a ghost town in Turner County, Georgia. It is one of 4 former communities in Turner County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 57th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cold Springs as a historical populated place on the Rebecca 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 31.7624° N, 83.4563° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRebecca
Elevation318 ft
Nearest living townRebecca, GA
Distance to it3.6 miles
GNIS feature ID343191
Coordinates31.76240, -83.45627

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What's there now

Cold Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rebecca, GA (population 291), about 3.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 318 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 Cold Springs?

Cold Springs is in Turner County, Georgia, at 31.7624, -83.4563.

How many ghost towns are in Turner County?

Turner County, Georgia has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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