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May Springs

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท TENNESSEE

A historical populated place in Grainger County, Tennessee, recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System.

Location Record

Name
May Springs
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Tennessee
County
Grainger County
USGS Map
Talbott
Coordinates
36.2078666, -83.4623983
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GNIS Feature ID
1310543

Names and historical notes

Recorded by GNIS. Source wording is retained; these notes have not been independently verified by Forgotten America.

GNIS description

Site inundated by Cherokee Lake

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1310543. Description/History extract: August 28, 2026. All Names extract: September 30, 2026. Retrieved October 22, 2026. Only populated fields are displayed.

GNIS citation text may identify a source series rather than a specific page. It is reproduced below without implying that its underlying documents were inspected.

  • Map Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Soils, Soils maps; various edition dates.
  • Map U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1:62,500-scale topographic maps; various edition dates. Represents new or changed names from published editions. Map name and year of publication follow (if known):

GNIS source datasets and documentation

Source: U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Historical Features.