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Cotton Port

Ghost town · Meigs County, Tennessee

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

Cotton Port is a ghost town in Meigs County, Tennessee. It is one of 5 former communities in Meigs County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 52nd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cotton Port as a historical populated place on the Big Spring 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 35.4834° N, 84.8819° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBig Spring
Elevation711 ft
Nearest living townDecatur, TN
Distance to it5.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1309889
Coordinates35.48340, -84.88189

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What's there now

Cotton Port is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Decatur, TN (population 1,860), about 5.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 711 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 Cotton Port?

Cotton Port is in Meigs County, Tennessee, at 35.4834, -84.8819.

How many ghost towns are in Meigs County?

Meigs County, Tennessee has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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