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Mount Nebo

Ghost town · Blount County, Tennessee

Kinzel Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000)
Kinzel Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1936, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Nebo is a ghost town in Blount County, Tennessee. It is one of 13 former communities in Blount County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 14th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Nebo as a historical populated place on the Kinzel Springs 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 35.7259° N, 83.8399° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleKinzel Springs
Elevation1,585 ft
Nearest living townWalland, TN
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1308117
Coordinates35.72592, -83.83990

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What's there now

Mount Nebo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Walland, TN (population 453), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,585 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 Mount Nebo?

Mount Nebo is in Blount County, Tennessee, at 35.7259, -83.8399.

How many ghost towns are in Blount County?

Blount County, Tennessee has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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