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Wahoo

Ghost town · Sullivan County, Tennessee

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

Wahoo is a ghost town in Sullivan County, Tennessee. It is one of 26 former communities in Sullivan County on the federal names register. No county in Tennessee has more among the 86 Tennessee counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Wahoo as a historical populated place on the Boone Dam 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 36.4709° N, 82.4521° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBoone Dam
Nearest living townSpurgeon, TN
Distance to it1.9 miles
GNIS feature ID1303398
Coordinates36.47094, -82.45209

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What's there now

Wahoo is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Spurgeon, TN (population 3,749), about 1.9 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Wahoo?

Wahoo is in Sullivan County, Tennessee, at 36.4709, -82.4521.

How many ghost towns are in Sullivan County?

Sullivan County, Tennessee has 26 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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