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Holston

Ghost town · Grainger County, Tennessee

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

Holston is a ghost town in Grainger County, Tennessee. It is one of 14 former communities in Grainger County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Holston as a historical populated place on the Bean Station 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 36.2687° N, 83.2846° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBean Station
Elevation1,088 ft
Nearest living townMorristown, TN
Distance to it4.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1310529
Coordinates36.26870, -83.28462

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What's there now

Holston is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Morristown, TN (population 30,983), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,088 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 Holston?

Holston is in Grainger County, Tennessee, at 36.2687, -83.2846.

How many ghost towns are in Grainger County?

Grainger County, Tennessee has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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