Birchwood, Tennessee
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Birchwood is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
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and Meigs counties in
Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
, United States.Birchwood (in Hamilton County, TN) Populated Place Profile
Retrieved September 1, 2021. It is a rural area located along
Tennessee State Route 60 State Route 60 (SR 60) is a north-south major state route in Eastern Tennessee. It covers and runs from the Tennessee-Georgia state line in Bradley County to Dayton joining US 27. Route description Bradley County SR 60 begins at the Georgia ...
and Tennessee State Route 312 (Birchwood Pike) northwest of
Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...
. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA
Metropolitan Statistical Area In the United States, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a geographical region with a relatively high population density at its core and close economic ties throughout the area. Such regions are neither legally Incorporated town, incorporate ...
.


Culture and tourism

Birchwood is known as the location of th
Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival
generally held annually in January at the Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge. The area was a stopping point along the
Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. As part of the Indian removal, members of the Cherokee, ...
, memorialized by the Cherokee Removal Memorial Park and nearby Blythe Ferry.


References

Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Hamilton County, Tennessee {{HamiltonCountyTN-geo-stub