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Oak Mountain Spring

Ghost town · Talbot County, Georgia

Warm Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500)
Warm Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Oak Mountain Spring is a ghost town in Talbot County, Georgia. It is one of 2 former communities in Talbot County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 103rd among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Oak Mountain Spring as a historical populated place on the Shiloh 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 32.7562° N, 84.6905° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleShiloh
Elevation827 ft
Nearest living townShiloh, GA
Distance to it3.9 miles
GNIS feature ID350829
Coordinates32.75625, -84.69048

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What's there now

Oak Mountain Spring is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Shiloh, GA (population 676), about 3.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 827 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 Oak Mountain Spring?

Oak Mountain Spring is in Talbot County, Georgia, at 32.7562, -84.6905.

How many ghost towns are in Talbot County?

Talbot County, Georgia has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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