Mohawk is an

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in western Greene County, eastern

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, located west of the town of Greeneville. Its

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has the zip code 37810. The community is situated between two hills near the confluence of Riley and Lick creeks, just west of where the

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tracks cross a bridge over Lick Creek. Mohawk Road connects the community to

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(Andrew Johnson Highway) to the northeast and State Highway 348 (McDonald Road) to the southwest. According to local tradition, Mohawk was originally known as "Lick Creek Siding," and later as "Pane." The name was changed by residents to "Mohawk" after a group of Indians passed through the area during the Civil War. By the 1940s, Mohawk had developed as a "fairly prosperous rural community." It had a

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, a car dealership, and a general store.

Education

Mohawk is home to McDonald Elementary School, a Greene County

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that includes Pre-kindergarten through

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. The site was originally used for the McDonald High School, built in 1919 on of land donated by Alex Ailshie. Its namesake was Earnest McDonald, a wealthy bachelor who donated money to build the school. The original building was demolished in 1957, and replaced by the brick building in use today. McDonald High School was dissolved after the 1966–67 school year, when students were directed to a regional high school. This building was converted for use as an elementary school,McDonald Elementary School History
school website (accessed December 5, 2007) however in 2019 the

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building was converted to other purposes, re-directing middle schoolers to West Greene Middle School.

References

Unincorporated communities in Greene County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{GreeneCountyTN-geo-stub