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Capers

Ghost town · Maury County, Tennessee

Williamsport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Williamsport quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Capers is a ghost town in Maury County, Tennessee. It is one of 21 former communities in Maury County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 3rd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Capers as a historical populated place on the Williamsport 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 35.6948° N, 87.2047° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleWilliamsport
Elevation596 ft
Nearest living townMount Pleasant, TN
Distance to it10.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1313215
Coordinates35.69479, -87.20473

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What's there now

Capers is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mount Pleasant, TN (population 4,803), about 10.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 596 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 Capers?

Capers is in Maury County, Tennessee, at 35.6948, -87.2047.

How many ghost towns are in Maury County?

Maury County, Tennessee has 21 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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