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Halfway Town

Ghost town · Monroe County, Tennessee

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

Halfway Town is a ghost town in Monroe County, Tennessee. It is one of 20 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 6th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Halfway Town as a historical populated place on the Tallassee 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 35.5367° N, 84.0846° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleTallassee
Elevation854 ft
Nearest living townKahite, TN
Distance to it8.8 miles
GNIS feature ID1308297
Coordinates35.53675, -84.08463

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What's there now

Halfway Town is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Kahite, TN (population 697), about 8.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 854 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 Halfway Town?

Halfway Town is in Monroe County, Tennessee, at 35.5367, -84.0846.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Tennessee has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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