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Tellassee

HISTORICAL POPULATED PLACE ยท TENNESSEE

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

Location Record

Name
Tellassee
Feature Type
Populated Place (historical)
State
Tennessee
County
Blount County
USGS Map
Tallassee
Coordinates
35.5056392, -84.0001821
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GNIS Feature ID
1326554

Names and historical notes

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

GNIS description

Cherokee village site

Also recorded as

Source editions and recorded citations

Feature ID 1326554. 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 United States. Post Office Department. Post Route Map of the State of Tennessee with Parts of Adjoining States. Washington, 1877.
  • Text Barr, Thomas C., Jr. Caves of Tennessee: Bulletin 64. Nashville, Tn.: Tennessee Dept. of Conservation, Division of Geology, 1961.
  • Text Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Bulletin 30 - Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, part 1 published in 1907, part 2 published in 1910. Use either code US-T142/B30/PT1/1907/p# or US-T142/B30/PT2/1910/p#.

GNIS source datasets and documentation

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