High Health
Ghost town · Johnson County, Tennessee

High Health is a ghost town in Johnson County, Tennessee. It is one of 9 former communities in Johnson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 30th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists High Health as a historical populated place on the Watauga Dam 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 36.3612° N, 82.0082° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Watauga Dam |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2,019 ft |
| Nearest living town | Butler, TN |
| Distance to it | 1.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1307467 |
| Coordinates | 36.36123, -82.00818 |
What's there now
High Health is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Butler, TN (population 150), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,019 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Eastmanghost town · Johnson County · 2 mi
- Farthingghost town · Johnson County · 2.1 mi
- Ironvilleghost town · Johnson County · 3 mi
- Whitingghost town · Carter County · 3.2 mi
- Linebackghost town · Carter County · 3.6 mi
- Stump Knobghost town · Johnson County · 4.2 mi
- Casperghost town · Johnson County · 4.8 mi
- Cowanstownghost town · Johnson County · 5.4 mi
- Gougeghost town · Carter County · 5.8 mi
- Cardens Bluffghost town · Carter County · 6.8 mi
- Odemvilleghost town · Carter County · 8.2 mi
- Rexfordghost town · Carter County · 8.8 mi
Questions
Where is High Health?
High Health is in Johnson County, Tennessee, at 36.3612, -82.0082.
How many ghost towns are in Johnson County?
Johnson County, Tennessee has 9 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.