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Johntown

Ghost town · Dawson County, Georgia

Amicalola quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000)
Amicalola quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1971, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Johntown as a historical populated place on the Amicalola 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 34.5259° N, 84.2521° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAmicalola
Elevation1,535 ft
Nearest living townDawsonville, GA
Distance to it9.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1704691
Coordinates34.52592, -84.25214

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What's there now

Johntown is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Dawsonville, GA (population 4,147), about 9.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,535 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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