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Towaliga

Ghost town · Butts County, Georgia

Barnesville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)
Barnesville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Towaliga is a ghost town in Butts County, Georgia. It is one of 3 former communities in Butts County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 73rd among the 125 Georgia counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Towaliga as a historical populated place on the High Falls 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 33.2385° N, 84.0680° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHigh Falls
Elevation668 ft
Nearest living townJenkinsburg, GA
Distance to it5.9 miles
GNIS feature ID345880
Coordinates33.23845, -84.06797

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.

Towaliga today, aerial view
Barnesville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500)

Left: Barnesville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1951, 1:62,500), 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

Towaliga is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Jenkinsburg, GA (population 346), about 5.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 668 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 Towaliga?

Towaliga is in Butts County, Georgia, at 33.2385, -84.0680.

How many ghost towns are in Butts County?

Butts County, Georgia has 3 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.