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Red Ore

Ghost town · Polk County, Georgia

Rockmart North quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Rockmart North quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Red Ore is a ghost town in Polk County, Georgia. It is one of 14 former communities in Polk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 5th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Red Ore as a historical populated place on the Rockmart North 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 34.0282° N, 85.0408° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRockmart North
Elevation760 ft
Nearest living townRockmart, GA
Distance to it1.4 miles
GNIS feature ID343592
Coordinates34.02816, -85.04078

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What's there now

Red Ore is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rockmart, GA (population 5,142), about 1.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 760 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 Red Ore?

Red Ore is in Polk County, Georgia, at 34.0282, -85.0408.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

Polk County, Georgia has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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