Kicklighter
Ghost town · Tattnall County, Georgia

Kicklighter is a ghost town in Tattnall County, Georgia. It is one of 8 former communities in Tattnall County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kicklighter as a historical populated place on the Glennville 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 31.9516° N, 81.9451° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Glennville |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 174 ft |
| Nearest living town | Glennville, GA |
| Distance to it | 1.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 347420 |
| Coordinates | 31.95159, -81.94512 |
What's there now
Kicklighter is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Glennville, GA (population 5,199), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 174 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Birdfordghost town · Tattnall County · 3.4 mi
- Purvisghost town · Tattnall County · 3.9 mi
- Altonghost town · Tattnall County · 4.3 mi
- Kentghost town · Long County · 5.2 mi
- Bradleysghost town · Tattnall County · 6.4 mi
- Easterlingghost town · Tattnall County · 7.2 mi
- Moodys Crossingghost town · Tattnall County · 7.3 mi
- Smileyghost town · Long County · 8.8 mi
- Lidaghost town · Liberty County · 10.3 mi
- Strainghost town · Liberty County · 11 mi
- Roderickghost town · Long County · 13 mi
- Dukesghost town · Liberty County · 14 mi
Questions
Where is Kicklighter?
Kicklighter is in Tattnall County, Georgia, at 31.9516, -81.9451.
How many ghost towns are in Tattnall County?
Tattnall County, Georgia has 8 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.