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Crooksville

Ghost town · Madison County, Kentucky

Moberly quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000)
Moberly quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1952, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Crooksville is a ghost town in Madison County, Kentucky. It is one of 3 former communities in Madison County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 79th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Crooksville as a historical populated place on the Moberly 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 37.6593° N, 84.1945° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMoberly
Elevation907 ft
Nearest living townBerea, KY
Distance to it7.3 miles
GNIS feature ID2557520
Coordinates37.65929, -84.19445

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What's there now

Crooksville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Berea, KY (population 15,557), about 7.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 907 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 Crooksville?

Crooksville is in Madison County, Kentucky, at 37.6593, -84.1945.

How many ghost towns are in Madison County?

Madison County, Kentucky has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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