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Sand Mountain

Ghost town · Hardin County, Tennessee

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

Sand Mountain is a ghost town in Hardin County, Tennessee. It is one of 9 former communities in Hardin County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 31st among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Sand Mountain as a historical populated place on the Pickwick 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 35.1029° N, 88.2181° W.

Key facts

USGS quadranglePickwick
Elevation688 ft
Nearest living townNixon, TN
Distance to it2.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1313279
Coordinates35.10286, -88.21809

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What's there now

Sand Mountain is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Nixon, TN (population 289), about 2.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 688 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 Sand Mountain?

Sand Mountain is in Hardin County, Tennessee, at 35.1029, -88.2181.

How many ghost towns are in Hardin County?

Hardin County, Tennessee has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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