Kincheloe
Ghost town · Hawkins County, Tennessee

Kincheloe is a ghost town in Hawkins County, Tennessee. It is one of 13 former communities in Hawkins County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kincheloe as a historical populated place on the Stony Point 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 36.4482° N, 82.8160° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Stony Point |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1,215 ft |
| Nearest living town | Surgoinsville, TN |
| Distance to it | 3 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1308467 |
| Coordinates | 36.44815, -82.81599 |
What's there now
Kincheloe is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Surgoinsville, TN (population 2,246), about 3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,215 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Chimneytopghost town · Hawkins County · 4 mi
- Lyons Storeghost town · Hawkins County · 4.3 mi
- Auntghost town · Hawkins County · 6.3 mi
- Starnesghost town · Hawkins County · 7.2 mi
- Vogelghost town · Hawkins County · 7.4 mi
- Hickory Coveghost town · Hawkins County · 7.9 mi
- Gillenwaterghost town · Hawkins County · 8.6 mi
- Opossumghost town · Hawkins County · 9 mi
- Butcherghost town · Hawkins County · 9.7 mi
- Swanayghost town · Greene County · 9.7 mi
- Mount Hopeghost town · Greene County · 10.5 mi
- Maltsbergerghost town · Greene County · 10.6 mi
Questions
Where is Kincheloe?
Kincheloe is in Hawkins County, Tennessee, at 36.4482, -82.8160.
How many ghost towns are in Hawkins County?
Hawkins County, Tennessee has 13 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.