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Grief

Ghost town · Polk County, Tennessee

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

Grief is a ghost town in Polk County, Tennessee. It is one of 7 former communities in Polk County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 37th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Grief as a historical populated place on the Benton 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 35.2037° N, 84.6985° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBenton
Elevation768 ft
Nearest living townBenton, TN
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1640663
Coordinates35.20369, -84.69855

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What's there now

Grief is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Benton, TN (population 1,349), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 768 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 Grief?

Grief is in Polk County, Tennessee, at 35.2037, -84.6985.

How many ghost towns are in Polk County?

Polk County, Tennessee has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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