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Country	United States
State	Georgia
County	Chattooga
Established	1909

Shackelton is a ghost town in Chattooga County, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

History

Shackelton was founded in 1909 as a mining community, and was abandoned in the 1920s when the nearby mines closed. A post office called Shackelton was in operation during 1910 and 1911.

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