Cold Springs
Ghost town · Cumberland County, Tennessee

Cold Springs is a ghost town in Cumberland County, Tennessee. It is one of 10 former communities in Cumberland County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 25th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cold Springs as a historical populated place on the Jones Knob 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 36.1390° N, 84.9966° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Jones Knob |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,793 ft |
| Nearest living town | Clarkrange, TN |
| Distance to it | 3.3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1311124 |
| Coordinates | 36.13896, -84.99662 |
What's there now
Cold Springs is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Clarkrange, TN (population 636), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,793 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Mill Creekghost town · Cumberland County · 4.6 mi
- Hudsonburgghost town · Putnam County · 6.6 mi
- Forest Hillghost town · Cumberland County · 7.9 mi
- Keeseghost town · Fentress County · 8.5 mi
- Tinchghost town · Fentress County · 11.2 mi
- Pinesghost town · Overton County · 13.2 mi
- Boilingghost town · Fentress County · 13.6 mi
- Quallsghost town · Overton County · 15.1 mi
- Islandfordghost town · Morgan County · 15.4 mi
- Bushingghost town · Overton County · 16.1 mi
- Leggetghost town · Cumberland County · 16.9 mi
- Neverfailghost town · Cumberland County · 17.2 mi
Questions
Where is Cold Springs?
Cold Springs is in Cumberland County, Tennessee, at 36.1390, -84.9966.
How many ghost towns are in Cumberland County?
Cumberland County, Tennessee has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.