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Shellsford, Tennessee
Shellsford is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Tennessee, in the United States. It lies west of Cardwell Mountain, roughly along the path of Old Shellsford Road and Shellsford Highway, and mostly south of the Collins River. History A post office was established in 1880 as "Meadville" but the name was changed later that year to Shells, then Shellsford, and remained open until 1904. It was named after local settler Christian (or James) Shell who built a grist mill at a ford in the river. The Shellsford Baptist Church, formed in 1810, is the oldest active congregation in Warren County and was once named "Buck Springs" after a local spring noted for easy deer hunting. It was a stop for Cherokees along the Trail of Tears. During the late 1800s the Mead & DeBard saw & grist mills at Shellsford were some of the largest employers in the Collins River Valley. It closed around the time of the Great Depression. The community used to host haywagon parties and guided excursion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as the military). There are many unincorporated communities and areas in the United States and Canada, but many countries do not use the concept of an unincorporated area. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the southwest, and Missouri to the northwest. Tennessee is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 36th-largest by area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 15th-most populous of the 50 states. According to the United States Census Bureau, the state's estimated population as of 2024 is 7.22 million. Tennessee is geographically, culturally, and legally divided into three Grand Divisions of Tennessee, Grand Divisions of East Tennessee, East, Middle Tennessee, Middle, and West Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville is the state's capital and largest city, and anchors its largest metropolitan area. Tennessee has dive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Tennessee
There are 95 County (United States), counties in the U.S. State of Tennessee. As of 2024, Shelby County, Tennessee, Shelby County was both Tennessee's most populous county, with 910,530 residents, and the largest county in area, covering an area of . The least populous county was Pickett County, Tennessee, Pickett County (5,108) and the smallest in area was Trousdale County, Tennessee, Trousdale County, covering . As of the same year, Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County, in which the capital Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville is located, covers with a population of 729,505. The population of the state of Tennessee as of the 2024 United States Census, census estimate was 7,227,750 in an area of .State, County, and Municipal Data ''Tennessee Blue Book'' 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren County, Tennessee
Warren County is a County (United States), county located on the Cumberland Plateau in Middle Tennessee, one of the three Grand Divisions of the United States of America, U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 40,953. Its county seat is McMinnville, Tennessee, McMinnville. Warren County comprises the McMinnville, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Warren County was created in 1807 from a portion of White County, Tennessee, White County, and named for Joseph Warren (1741–1775), a militiaman and major general in the American Revolution. The revised Tennessee State Constitution of 1834 stated that no new county could be within of the county seat of the county from which it was formed. The boundaries of five counties formed from Warren— Grundy County, Tennessee, Grundy, Van Buren County, Tennessee, Van Buren, Cannon County, Tennessee, Cannon, Coffee County, Tennessee, Coffee and DeKalb County, Tennessee, DeK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Time Zone
The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ..., Mexico, Central America, and a few Caribbean Islands, Caribbean islands. In parts of that zone (20 states in the US, three provinces or territories in Canada, and several border municipalities in Mexico), the Central Time Zone is affected by two time designations yearly: Central Standard Time (CST) is observed from the first Sunday in November to the second Sunday in March. It is UTC−06:00, six hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and designated internationally as UTC−6. From the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November the same areas observe daylight saving time (DST), creating the designation of Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Area Code 931
Area code 931 is the telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) serving a horseshoe-shaped region of twenty-eight counties in Middle Tennessee. Area code 931 initiated service on September 15, 1997 in an area code split of 615, which had previously served almost all of Middle Tennessee. The split reduced the numbering plan area to the inner ring of Nashville. Permissive dialing of 615 continued across Middle Tennessee until January 15, 1998. Service area The numbering plan area comprises almost all of Middle Tennessee, except for the Nashville metropolitan area. It contains the following municipalities, towns, or cities: * Algood, Tennessee *Altamont, Tennessee *Baxter, Tennessee * Beersheba Springs, Tennessee * Byrdstown, Tennessee *Celina, Tennessee * Clarkrange, Tennessee *Clarksville, Tennessee *Dover, Tennessee *Columbia, Tennessee *Cookeville, Tennessee *Cowan, Tennessee *Crossville, Tennessee * Estill Springs, Tennessee * Fairfield Glade, Tennessee * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features, encompassing the United States and its territories; the Compact of Free Association, associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica. It is a type of gazetteer. It was developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) to promote the standardization of feature names. Data were collected in two phases. Although a third phase was considered, which would have handled name changes where local usages differed from maps, it was never begun. The database is part of a system that includes topographic map names and bibliographic references. The names of books and historic maps that confirm the feature or place name are cited. Variant names, alternatives to official federal names for a feature, are also recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennessee State Route 127
State Route 127 (SR 127) is a north–south state highway in Middle Tennessee. It connects Decherd with McMinnville via Hillsboro and Viola. Route description SR 127 begins in Franklin County in Decherd at an intersection with US 41A/ SR 16 at the northern edge of town. It goes northeast through farmland to have an intersection with SR 279 before crossing the Woods Reservoir/ Elk River and entering Coffee County shortly thereafter. The highway then passes through wooded areas, where it passes by Arnold Air Force Base, before crossing over I-24, without an interchange, and entering Hillsboro. SR 127 then passes by several homes and businesses before having an intersection with US 41/ SR 2. It then leaves Hillsboro and continues northeast through farmland and rural areas along the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau for several miles before crossing into Warren County. The highway continues northeast through rural areas to enter Viola and become concurrent with S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collins River
The Collins River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 8, 2011 stream in the east-central portion of Middle Tennessee in the United States. It is a tributary of the Caney Fork, and is part of the Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi watersheds. The river drains the scenic Savage Gulf area, located just below the river's source, and empties into Great Falls Lake at Rock Island State Park. The Collins River passes through Grundy and Warren counties. McMinnville, Altamont, Gruetli-Laager and Beersheba Springs are among the communities located within its watershed. The Savage Gulf section of the Collins River has been designated a "scenic river" by the State of Tennessee.Tennessee Department of Environment and ConservationScenic Rivers Program. Retrieved: 6 July 2013. Course The Collins River rises near the town of Palmer atop the Cumberland Plateau, where the Middle Prong Collins River (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street stock market crash of October 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression. Among the countries with the most unemployed were the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Weimar Republic, Germany. The Depression was preceded by a period of industrial growth and social development known as the "Roaring Twenties". Much of the profit generated by the boom was invested in speculation, such as on the stock market, contributing to growing Wealth inequality in the United States, wealth inequality. Banks were subject to laissez-faire, minimal regulation, resulting in loose lending and wides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
