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Teal

Ghost town · Coffee County, Tennessee

Hollow Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500)
Hollow Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1913, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Teal is a ghost town in Coffee County, Tennessee. It is one of 11 former communities in Coffee County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 23rd among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Teal as a historical populated place on the Fredonia 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 35.5529° N, 86.0886° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFredonia
Elevation1,052 ft
Nearest living townNew Union, TN
Distance to it1.3 miles
GNIS feature ID1310329
Coordinates35.55285, -86.08860

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What's there now

Teal is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is New Union, TN (population 2,208), about 1.3 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 Teal?

Teal is in Coffee County, Tennessee, at 35.5529, -86.0886.

How many ghost towns are in Coffee County?

Coffee County, Tennessee has 11 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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