Cagle (also known as Cagle Mountain) is an unincorporated community in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, United States. It is concentrated around the intersection of Tennessee State Route 111 and

Tennessee State Route 399 State Route 399 (SR 399) is east–west state highway in the Cumberland Plateau region of Tennessee. It serves to connect the towns of Gruetli-Laager and Palmer to Cagle and the Savage Gulf State Natural Area portion of South Cumberland Stat ...

atop the

Cumberland Plateau The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and portions of northern Alabama and northwest Georgia. The terms "Alle ...

in the western part of the county. Its elevation is . The Tennessee Valley Divide passes through the community. Cagle was originally known as "Mount Pleasant" after a Methodist church established in the area in the 1840s. When a post office was established in the community 1880, it was named "Cagle" after a family of early settlers.Henry R. Camp, Robert B. Jones (ed.),
Tennessee County History Series: Sequatchie County
' (Memphis State University Press, 1984), p. 110. Cagle is home to a community center, fire department, and several small businesses.Ben Benton,
Cagle Fire Hall Project Resumes in Sequatchie County
" ''Chattanooga Times Free Press'', 1 April 2014.

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Unincorporated communities in Sequatchie County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{SequatchieCountyTN-geo-stub