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Dickey

Ghost town · Walker County, Georgia

Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Fort Oglethorpe quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Dickey is a ghost town in Walker County, Georgia. It is one of 16 former communities in Walker County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Dickey as a historical populated place on the Fort Oglethorpe 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 34.9720° N, 85.3322° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFort Oglethorpe
Elevation675 ft
Nearest living townLookout Mountain, GA
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID354017
Coordinates34.97202, -85.33218

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What's there now

Dickey is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lookout Mountain, GA (population 1,825), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 675 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 Dickey?

Dickey is in Walker County, Georgia, at 34.9720, -85.3322.

How many ghost towns are in Walker County?

Walker County, Georgia has 16 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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