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Ailor

Ghost town · Union County, Tennessee

Luttrell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000)
Luttrell quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1935, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Ailor is a ghost town in Union County, Tennessee. It is one of 18 former communities in Union County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 7th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Ailor as a historical populated place on the Luttrell 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 36.2426° N, 83.7335° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleLuttrell
Elevation1,203 ft
Nearest living townLuttrell, TN
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1311774
Coordinates36.24258, -83.73352

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What's there now

Ailor is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Luttrell, TN (population 1,006), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,203 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 Ailor?

Ailor is in Union County, Tennessee, at 36.2426, -83.7335.

How many ghost towns are in Union County?

Union County, Tennessee has 18 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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