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Doctors

Ghost town · Scott County, Tennessee

Huntsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000)
Huntsville quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1953, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Doctors is a ghost town in Scott County, Tennessee. It is one of 4 former communities in Scott County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 57th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Doctors as a historical populated place on the Huntsville 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 36.4856° N, 84.4374° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleHuntsville
Elevation1,333 ft
Nearest living townOneida, TN
Distance to it4.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1311274
Coordinates36.48563, -84.43744

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What's there now

Doctors is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Oneida, TN (population 3,793), about 4.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,333 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 Doctors?

Doctors is in Scott County, Tennessee, at 36.4856, -84.4374.

How many ghost towns are in Scott County?

Scott County, Tennessee has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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