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Beaver Dam

Ghost town · Jefferson County, Tennessee

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

Beaver Dam is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Tennessee. It is one of 4 former communities in Jefferson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 56th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Beaver Dam as a historical populated place on the White Pine 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 36.0112° N, 83.3452° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWhite Pine
Elevation962 ft
Nearest living townBaneberry, TN
Distance to it4.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1311200
Coordinates36.01120, -83.34516

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What's there now

Beaver Dam is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Baneberry, TN (population 783), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 962 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 Beaver Dam?

Beaver Dam is in Jefferson County, Tennessee, at 36.0112, -83.3452.

How many ghost towns are in Jefferson County?

Jefferson County, Tennessee has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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