Wayfarrow

Winkles

Ghost town · Polk County, Georgia

Buchanan quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500)
Buchanan quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1958, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Winkles 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 Winkles as a historical populated place on the Felton 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 33.9120° N, 85.2402° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFelton
Elevation1,022 ft
Nearest living townCedartown, GA
Distance to it7.6 miles
GNIS feature ID343611
Coordinates33.91205, -85.24023

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Winkles is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cedartown, GA (population 10,211), about 7.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,022 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Winkles?

Winkles is in Polk County, Georgia, at 33.9120, -85.2402.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

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

Sources and licences

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 2026-11-05.