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House Mountain

Ghost town · Knox County, Tennessee

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

House Mountain is a ghost town in Knox County, Tennessee. It is one of 9 former communities in Knox County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 28th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists House Mountain as a historical populated place on the Graveston 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 36.1439° N, 83.7562° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGraveston
Elevation1,019 ft
Nearest living townPlainview, TN
Distance to it3.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1312297
Coordinates36.14387, -83.75616

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What's there now

House Mountain is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Plainview, TN (population 2,276), about 3.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,019 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 House Mountain?

House Mountain is in Knox County, Tennessee, at 36.1439, -83.7562.

How many ghost towns are in Knox County?

Knox County, Tennessee has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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