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Slaughter Creek

Ghost town · Stewart County, Georgia

Brooklyn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000)
Brooklyn quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1973, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Slaughter Creek is a ghost town in Stewart County, Georgia. It is one of 9 former communities in Stewart County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Slaughter Creek as a historical populated place on the Brooklyn 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 32.1915° N, 84.6880° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBrooklyn
Elevation578 ft
Nearest living townRichland, GA
Distance to it7.3 miles
GNIS feature ID347355
Coordinates32.19154, -84.68798

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What's there now

Slaughter Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Richland, GA (population 1,218), about 7.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 578 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 Slaughter Creek?

Slaughter Creek is in Stewart County, Georgia, at 32.1915, -84.6880.

How many ghost towns are in Stewart County?

Stewart County, Georgia has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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