Wayfarrow

Landers

Ghost town · Floyd County, Georgia

Livingston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000)
Livingston quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1967, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Landers is a ghost town in Floyd County, Georgia. It is one of 16 former communities in Floyd County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 2nd among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Landers as a historical populated place on the Livingston 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 34.1484° N, 85.2858° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLivingston
Elevation682 ft
Nearest living townCave Spring, GA
Distance to it4.1 miles
GNIS feature ID353733
Coordinates34.14843, -85.28579

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Landers is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cave Spring, GA (population 1,148), about 4.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 682 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Landers?

Landers is in Floyd County, Georgia, at 34.1484, -85.2858.

How many ghost towns are in Floyd County?

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

Sources and licences

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.