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Cloverbottom

Ghost town · Sullivan County, Tennessee

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

Cloverbottom 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 Cloverbottom as a historical populated place on the Sullivan Gardens 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 36.4709° N, 82.5985° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSullivan Gardens
Elevation1,234 ft
Nearest living townSullivan Gardens, TN
Distance to it1.2 miles
GNIS feature ID1303239
Coordinates36.47093, -82.59849

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What's there now

Cloverbottom is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sullivan Gardens, TN (population 1,334), about 1.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,234 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 Cloverbottom?

Cloverbottom is in Sullivan County, Tennessee, at 36.4709, -82.5985.

How many ghost towns are in Sullivan County?

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

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