Sale Creek, Tennessee
Sale Creek, Tennessee | |
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 View from Back Valley Road | |
  Sale Creek | |
| Coordinates: 35°22′56″N 85°06′32″W / 35.38222°N 85.10889°WCoordinates: 35°22′56″N 85°06′32″W / 35.38222°N 85.10889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hamilton |
| Area | |
| • Total | 32.684 sq mi (84.65 km2) |
| • Land | 30.205 sq mi (78.23 km2) |
| • Water | 2.479 sq mi (6.42 km2) |
| Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,845 |
| • Density | 87/sq mi (34/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | 423 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1300533[3] |
Sale Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 27 between Chattanooga and Dayton, Tennessee.
Sale Creek's population was 2,845 as of the 2010 census.[2] Sale Creek is home to . A local curiosity, the reportedly "haunted" Shipley Hollow Road, is in Sale Creek.
History[]
The community takes its name from the creek which runs through it. The creek got its name from the auction held along its banks consisting of the goods and arms taken from the eleven towns of the militant Cherokee in the region before they were burned during the raid of Evan Shelby's troops in 1779 during the Cherokee–American wars.[4]
The area was occupied by the 6th Tennessee Infantry US from September to December 1863 during the Civil War.
MSA[]
Sale Creek is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
References[]
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "Sale Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names; Indiana University Press; Indianapolis, 2001; p. 183.
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