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Sweet Home

Ghost town · Jessamine County, Kentucky

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

Sweet Home is a ghost town in Jessamine County, Kentucky. It is one of 13 former communities in Jessamine County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 36th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sweet Home as a historical populated place on the Buckeye 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 37.7441° N, 84.6056° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBuckeye
Elevation569 ft
Nearest living townHigh Bridge, KY
Distance to it8.1 miles
GNIS feature ID2557918
Coordinates37.74408, -84.60562

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What's there now

Sweet Home is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is High Bridge, KY (population 65), about 8.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 569 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 Sweet Home?

Sweet Home is in Jessamine County, Kentucky, at 37.7441, -84.6056.

How many ghost towns are in Jessamine County?

Jessamine County, Kentucky has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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