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Lucilla

Ghost town · Jefferson County, Tennessee

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

Lucilla is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Tennessee. It is one of 4 former communities in Jefferson County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 56th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Lucilla as a historical populated place on the New Market 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 36.0598° N, 83.5730° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleNew Market
Elevation1,037 ft
Nearest living townNew Market, TN
Distance to it2.6 miles
GNIS feature ID1311238
Coordinates36.05981, -83.57295

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What's there now

Lucilla is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Market, TN (population 1,789), about 2.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,037 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 Lucilla?

Lucilla is in Jefferson County, Tennessee, at 36.0598, -83.5730.

How many ghost towns are in Jefferson County?

Jefferson County, Tennessee has 4 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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