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Rexford

Ghost town · Carter County, Tennessee

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

Rexford is a ghost town in Carter County, Tennessee. It is one of 7 former communities in Carter County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 38th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Rexford as a historical populated place on the Elizabethton 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 36.3696° N, 82.1660° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleElizabethton
Elevation1,560 ft
Nearest living townHunter, TN
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1303131
Coordinates36.36955, -82.16596

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What's there now

Rexford is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Hunter, TN (population 1,997), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,560 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 Rexford?

Rexford is in Carter County, Tennessee, at 36.3696, -82.1660.

How many ghost towns are in Carter County?

Carter County, Tennessee has 7 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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