Lee
Ghost town · Overton County, Tennessee

Lee is a ghost town in Overton County, Tennessee. It is one of 16 former communities in Overton County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lee as a historical populated place on the Okalona 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 36.3501° N, 85.3572° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Okalona |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 910 ft |
| Nearest living town | Livingston, TN |
| Distance to it | 3.1 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1310297 |
| Coordinates | 36.35006, -85.35719 |
What's there now
Lee is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Livingston, TN (population 3,957), about 3.1 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 910 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Henardghost town · Overton County · 2.1 mi
- Crawfordghost town · Overton County · 3.7 mi
- Cullomghost town · Overton County · 5.6 mi
- Mirandaghost town · Overton County · 5.6 mi
- Netherlandsghost town · Overton County · 7.5 mi
- Greyghost town · Overton County · 8.4 mi
- Avotonghost town · Putnam County · 8.5 mi
- Bushingghost town · Overton County · 9.2 mi
- Nettle Carrierghost town · Overton County · 9.3 mi
- Wardghost town · Overton County · 9.6 mi
- Hixghost town · Overton County · 10 mi
- Quallsghost town · Overton County · 10 mi
Questions
Where is Lee?
Lee is in Overton County, Tennessee, at 36.3501, -85.3572.
How many ghost towns are in Overton County?
Overton County, Tennessee has 16 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.