Ghost Towns in Tennessee

Cades Cove

Blount County • Est. 1818

Cades Cove was home to 700 Appalachian settlers before the national park forced them out. John Oliver settled here in 1818—before any treaty with the ...

Elkmont

Sevier County • Est. 1901

Elkmont was a logging town that became a summer resort. When the national park was created, residents got lifetime leases. The last lease expired in 1...

Elkmont

Sevier County • Est. 1908

Elkmont was a logging town that became an exclusive resort for Knoxville's wealthy—the Appalachian Club and Wonderland Club built summer cottages here...

Old Stone Fort

Coffee County • Est. 1850

In the 1850s, entrepreneurs built a paper mill inside the walls of a 2,000-year-old Native American ceremonial site. The mill village grew, then faded...

Proctor

Blount County • Est. 1900

Proctor was headquarters for the Little River Lumber Company's Hazel Creek operation. For decades, loggers harvested the virgin Smoky Mountain forests...