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Smalls Crossing

Ghost town · Jones County, Georgia

Dames Ferry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Dames Ferry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Smalls Crossing is a ghost town in Jones County, Georgia. It is one of 7 former communities in Jones County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Smalls Crossing as a historical populated place on the Dames Ferry 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 33.0507° N, 83.6363° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleDames Ferry
Elevation559 ft
Nearest living townGray, GA
Distance to it6.5 miles
GNIS feature ID345394
Coordinates33.05069, -83.63629

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Smalls Crossing today, aerial view
Dames Ferry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)

Left: Dames Ferry quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Smalls Crossing is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Gray, GA (population 3,453), about 6.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 559 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Smalls Crossing?

Smalls Crossing is in Jones County, Georgia, at 33.0507, -83.6363.

How many ghost towns are in Jones County?

Jones County, Georgia has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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 2026-11-06.