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Bleak

Ghost town · Shelby County, Tennessee

Bartlett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:62,500)
Bartlett quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1960, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bleak is a ghost town in Shelby County, Tennessee. It is one of 13 former communities in Shelby County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 16th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bleak as a historical populated place on the Germantown 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 35.0059° N, 89.7954° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGermantown
Elevation359 ft
Nearest living townOlive Branch, MS
Distance to it4.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1313563
Coordinates35.00593, -89.79536

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What's there now

Bleak is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Olive Branch, MS (population 46,538), about 4.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 359 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 Bleak?

Bleak is in Shelby County, Tennessee, at 35.0059, -89.7954.

How many ghost towns are in Shelby County?

Shelby County, Tennessee has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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