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Poplar Spring

Ghost town · Calloway County, Kentucky

New Concord quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
New Concord quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Poplar Spring is a ghost town in Calloway County, Kentucky. It is one of 27 former communities in Calloway County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Poplar Spring as a historical populated place on the New Concord 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 36.6160° N, 88.1620° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNew Concord
Elevation401 ft
Nearest living townMurray, KY
Distance to it8.9 miles
GNIS feature ID2743640
Coordinates36.61598, -88.16202

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What's there now

Poplar Spring is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Murray, KY (population 17,888), about 8.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 401 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 Poplar Spring?

Poplar Spring is in Calloway County, Kentucky, at 36.6160, -88.1620.

How many ghost towns are in Calloway County?

Calloway County, Kentucky has 27 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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