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Beidlemans

Ghost town · Sullivan County, Tennessee

Bristol quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:24,000)
Bristol quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1934, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Beidlemans is a ghost town in Sullivan County, Tennessee. It is one of 26 former communities in Sullivan County on the federal names register. No county in Tennessee has more among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Beidlemans as a historical populated place on the Bristol 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 36.5198° N, 82.1304° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBristol
Elevation1,501 ft
Nearest living townBristol, TN
Distance to it5.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1640474
Coordinates36.51983, -82.13041

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What's there now

Beidlemans is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Bristol, TN (population 27,490), about 5.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,501 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 Beidlemans?

Beidlemans is in Sullivan County, Tennessee, at 36.5198, -82.1304.

How many ghost towns are in Sullivan County?

Sullivan County, Tennessee has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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