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Columbia Mine

Ghost town · McDuffie County, Georgia

Wrightsboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Wrightsboro quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Columbia Mine is a ghost town in McDuffie County, Georgia. It is one of 4 former communities in McDuffie County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 58th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Columbia Mine as a historical populated place on the Wrightsboro 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 33.6168° N, 82.5665° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWrightsboro
Elevation505 ft
Nearest living townThomson, GA
Distance to it11 miles
GNIS feature ID348752
Coordinates33.61680, -82.56652

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What's there now

Columbia Mine is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Thomson, GA (population 6,824), about 11 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 505 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 Columbia Mine?

Columbia Mine is in McDuffie County, Georgia, at 33.6168, -82.5665.

How many ghost towns are in McDuffie County?

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

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