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In 1821, the Cherokee Agency— the official liaison between the U.S. government and the Cherokee Nation— was moved to the location of present-day Charleston. [8] The agent to the Cherokees was first Colonel Return J. Meigs Sr. , who had served in the American Revolutionary War , and later Joseph McMinn , who served as Governor of Tennessee ...
Robbins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Tennessee. [4] As of the 2010 census, its population is 287. [5] It is concentrated along U.S. Route 27 between Huntsville and Elgin, in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau region.
Shady Valley is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.It is just outside Cherokee National Forest.Shady Valley is also the name of the valley in which the town is located, between Holston Mountain on the northwest, and the Iron Mountains to the southeast.
Turtletown is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Tennessee, United States.Turtletown is located on Tennessee State Route 68 6.5 miles (10.5 km) north-northeast of Ducktown.
Vonore is located on the shores of Tellico Lake and is the location of two Tennessee State Historic Areas, Fort Loudoun State Historic Park and the Tellico Blockhouse State Historic Site. In addition, the Sequoyah Birthplace Museum, operated by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), honors the life of the Cherokee scholar who created the ...
The location was chosen to be similar to another planned city, Colorado Springs. It was backed by mountains, with three miles of frontage on the Tennessee River and rail connections on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. The town suffered damage after it was struck by an EF 2 tornado on November 14, 2007. The storm left nine ...
Georgetown is located along Tennessee State Route 60, along what was part of the main Northern Route of the Trail of Tears in 1838. [5] According to tradition, the village was named for Cherokee trader George Fields, who owned a two-story log home and operated a trading post at the intersection of Georgetown Road and Francisco Road in the early 1800s.
Bradley County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Tennessee.As of the 2020 census, the population was 108,620, [4] making it the thirteenth most populous county in Tennessee.