Tennessee Ghost Towns

Tennessee’s ghost towns reflect the state’s layered history of industry, agriculture, and conflict. Coal mining towns in the Cumberland Plateau, iron works communities in the middle Tennessee hills, Civil War era settlements, and small farming communities that could not survive the consolidation of agriculture all left abandoned places across the state. Tennessee Valley Authority dam construction also flooded several communities in the mid-20th century, creating some of the most poignant ghost town stories in the South.

Ghost Towns of Tennessee on Amazon

Looking to explore Tennessee’s ghost towns in more depth? Jason Smith’s Southeast ghost town volumes cover Tennessee’s most compelling abandoned communities.

Ghost Towns of the Southeast on Amazon

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