Abandoned Record
About Chaumont
Chaumont is a ghost town in far eastern Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. Located on the county's eastern boundary with Barren County, it was one of several communities that dissolved for their area to become a portion of Mammoth Cave National Park.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Chaumont, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Chaumont is
Historic maps
7 historic USGS maps cover Chaumont
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1922 Mammoth Cave sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1923 Mammoth Cave sheet, 1:62,500 · GeoTIFF download
- 1954 Evansville sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Evansville sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1961 Evansville sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1965 Mammoth Cave sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1981 Beaver Dam sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Chaumont
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Kentucky index.
Sources
Sources
- Wikipedia, "Chaumont, Kentucky": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q21551202.
- USGS GNIS 507689.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).