Eva is an

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and

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(CDP) in Benton County,

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, United States, on the western shore of the

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impoundment of the

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. It is the site of

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 293. The

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for the ZIP code (38333) that serves Eva had a population of 574 as of the 2000 U.S. Census, when Eva was not yet a CDP. Eva is centered on the junction of State Route 191, which connects the community to Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park to the north and the town of

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to the south, and Eva Beach Road, which stretches from the center of the community to its beach along Kentucky Lake. According to local lore, Eva was named after a friend of the daughter of Benton County land speculator A.W. Lucas. In 1913, Lucas donated land for a church and school that became the core of the community. In 1940, before the

was dammed to form Kentucky Lake,

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archaeologists excavated a rich archaeological site at Eva, containing the remains of a series of prehistoric Native American encampments dating from the Archaic Period. The earliest remains at the site, with a

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date of 5200 B.C., contained artifacts from a group of hunting and gathering people who were named the Eva culture after the site, which is now submerged by the reservoir.Charles Faulkner
Eva Site
''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' (accessed December 11, 2007)

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External links

Benton County Chamber of Commerce
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