· August 7, 2026
Hayden Mountain
The low ridge where Major Hayden, the U.S. Army officer the town of Hayden is named for, is buried. It […]
Glossary Type: Place
· August 7, 2026
Guynn’s Cove
In 1817, the community built a meetinghouse in Guynn’s Cove - “supposed to be the first built in the county,” […]
· August 7, 2026
Brister’s Cove (Aurora Valley)
Warwick Brister, a Methodist preacher, held services here in the same era as the Cherokee cession of Brown’s Valley. Powell’s […]
· August 7, 2026
Mount Moriah
Blount County’s first Baptist church, in Murphree’s Valley. George Powell‘s 1855 “History of Blount County” dates its organizing to 19 […]
· August 7, 2026
Compton
A coal-mining town (grid 43-SW) named for Major J.C. Compton, with its own post office open 1889-1897, per the official […]
· August 7, 2026
County Ford
A ford (grid 23-SW) per the official Blount County Place-Name Gazetteer: “found on a map dating from 1892.”
· August 7, 2026
Blackburn Mountain
Blackburn Mountain is the earlier name for what’s now called Bryant Mountain, named for the Blackburn family documented in this […]
· August 7, 2026
Copeland Ford
A ford on the Locust Fork, per the official Blount County Place-Name Gazetteer: “found on maps dating from 1892 and […]
· August 7, 2026
Harkness Crossroads
A dated named place per the official Blount County Place-Name Gazetteer: “named for Jonathan G. Harkness, PO in operation 1890-1904.” […]
· August 7, 2026
Harrell Cove
The historical name, per Greg Caudle directly, for what’s now called Cedar Grove - Cedar Grove Cemetery sits there today, […]