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Turley Mills

Ghost town · Grainger County, Tennessee

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

Turley Mills is a ghost town in Grainger County, Tennessee. It is one of 14 former communities in Grainger County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Turley Mills as a historical populated place on the Avondale 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 36.2634° N, 83.4180° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleAvondale
Elevation1,048 ft
Nearest living townRutledge, TN
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1310563
Coordinates36.26342, -83.41795

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What's there now

Turley Mills is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Rutledge, TN (population 1,521), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,048 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 Turley Mills?

Turley Mills is in Grainger County, Tennessee, at 36.2634, -83.4180.

How many ghost towns are in Grainger County?

Grainger County, Tennessee has 14 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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