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Sunshine

Ghost town · Hancock County, Georgia

Sparta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Sparta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Sunshine is a ghost town in Hancock County, Georgia. It is one of 6 former communities in Hancock County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 34th among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sunshine as a historical populated place on the Sparta 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 33.2988° N, 82.9196° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSparta
Elevation491 ft
Nearest living townSparta, GA
Distance to it3.2 miles
GNIS feature ID348270
Coordinates33.29875, -82.91959

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What's there now

Sunshine is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sparta, GA (population 1,827), about 3.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 491 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 Sunshine?

Sunshine is in Hancock County, Georgia, at 33.2988, -82.9196.

How many ghost towns are in Hancock County?

Hancock County, Georgia has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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