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Spencer is named after Thomas Sharp Spencer (d. 1794), a long hunter who passed through the Van Buren County area in the mid-18th century. The town was established in 1850 and incorporated in 1909. [1] In 1942, Spencer elected a full slate of women officials. [7] Burritt College was located in Spencer from 1848 until its closure in 1939. [1]
The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz. ... List of counties in Tennessee; Spencer, Tennessee; Sweetgum, Tennessee; Van Buren County, Tennessee ...
Fall Creek Falls Hills near Spencer. Big Bone Cave is located in the northwest corner of Van Buren County. It is one of the best-known and most historic caverns in Tennessee. It was mined by prehistoric Indians for gypsum and salts and was the site of the largest saltpeter mine in Tennessee during the War of 1812 and again during the American ...
Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park is a state park in Van Buren and Bledsoe counties, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The over 30,638-acre (123.99 km 2 ) [ 1 ] park is centered on the upper Cane Creek Gorge, an area known for its unique geological formations and scenic waterfalls.
Continuing east beyond Spencer, SR 30 descends more than 900 feet (270 m) from the edge of the plateau into the Dry Fork Gulf. [4] This area marks the outer reaches of Fall Creek Falls State Park . At the base of the valley, SR 30 crosses Cane Creek and joins SR 285 , which approaches from further down the valley in the direction of Doyle .
Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX) covers about 2,500 acres between Pikeville and Spencer. The prison is a level 3 facility which houses about 2,539 offenders in three separate facilities: Site 1; Site 2 (formerly Southeast Tennessee State Regional Correctional Facility); and Unit 28 (houses female offenders.) [15]
SR 111 south – Spencer: Eastern end of SR 111 conurrency: Fall Creek Falls State Resort Park: SR 30 west – Spencer: Western end of SR 30 concurrency: SR 30 east – Pikeville: Eastern terminus of SR 30 concurrency: Bledsoe SR 301 north – Taft Youth Center: Southern terminus of SR 301 27.4: 44.1: SR 101 – Spencer, Pikeville, Crossville ...
SR 30 – Pikeville, Spencer: Southern terminus SR 285 west to SR 301 – Spencer: Eastern terminus of SR 285: Cumberland SR 282 south (Dunbar Road) – Lake Tansi Village: Northern terminus of SR 282 SR 419 south (Pigeon Ridge Road) – Cumberland Mountain State Park: Northern terminus of SR 419: Crossville: SR 392 south (Miller Avenue ...