Hacker
Ghost town · Washington County, Tennessee

Hacker is a ghost town in Washington County, Tennessee. It is one of 14 former communities in Washington County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 13th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Hacker as a historical populated place on the Telford 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 36.2298° N, 82.5482° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Telford |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,567 ft |
| Nearest living town | Telford, TN |
| Distance to it | 1.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1303172 |
| Coordinates | 36.22983, -82.54820 |
What's there now
Hacker is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Telford, TN (population 875), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,567 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Matutaghost town · Washington County · 3.3 mi
- Clarksonghost town · Washington County · 4.3 mi
- Brownsboroghost town · Washington County · 4.5 mi
- Nolichuckyghost town · Washington County · 5.3 mi
- Nanatlugunyighost town · Washington County · 5.9 mi
- Doveghost town · Washington County · 6 mi
- Mayflowerghost town · Washington County · 6.1 mi
- Maucksghost town · Washington County · 7.1 mi
- Christieghost town · Washington County · 8.1 mi
- Lukeghost town · Washington County · 9.1 mi
- Indian Creekghost town · Unicoi County · 9.8 mi
- Fordvilleghost town · Unicoi County · 10.2 mi
Questions
Where is Hacker?
Hacker is in Washington County, Tennessee, at 36.2298, -82.5482.
How many ghost towns are in Washington County?
Washington County, Tennessee has 14 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.