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Perilla

Ghost town · White County, Tennessee

Sparta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000)
Sparta quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1954, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Perilla is a ghost town in White County, Tennessee. It is one of 10 former communities in White County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 26th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Perilla as a historical populated place on the Sparta 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 35.8787° N, 85.4319° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleSparta
Elevation1,052 ft
Nearest living townSparta, TN
Distance to it4.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1312192
Coordinates35.87868, -85.43192

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What's there now

Perilla is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Sparta, TN (population 4,915), about 4.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,052 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 Perilla?

Perilla is in White County, Tennessee, at 35.8787, -85.4319.

How many ghost towns are in White County?

White County, Tennessee has 10 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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