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Mansford

Ghost town · Franklin County, Tennessee

Decherd quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500)
Decherd quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mansford is a ghost town in Franklin County, Tennessee. It is one of 3 former communities in Franklin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 62nd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mansford as a historical populated place on the Belvidere 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 35.1965° N, 86.2436° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBelvidere
Elevation883 ft
Nearest living townBelvidere, TN
Distance to it5.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1311185
Coordinates35.19647, -86.24360

Open the location on a map

Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Mansford today, aerial view
Decherd quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500)

Left: Decherd quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1928, 1:62,500), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Mansford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Belvidere, TN (population 90), about 5.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 883 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Mansford?

Mansford is in Franklin County, Tennessee, at 35.1965, -86.2436.

How many ghost towns are in Franklin County?

Franklin County, Tennessee has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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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 2026-11-06.