Too-Cowee
Too-Cowee, was an important historic Cherokee town located near the Little Tennessee River north of present-day Franklin, North Carolina. It also had a prehistoric platform mound and earlier village built by ancestral peoples.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: United States national historic site and former Cherokee town
- Also known as: “Cowee” and “Too-Cowee Mound”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Franklin.
Franklin
Franklin, also known as Franklin Township is a town in the Mountains of North Carolina. The town is surrounded by Nantahala National Forest, a vast area of protected land in western North Carolina.
Too-Cowee
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Cowee Township, Macon, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.26543° or 35° 15′ 56″ northLongitude
-83.42° or 83° 25′ 12″ westElevation
2,014 feet (614 metres)Open location code
867R7H8J+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 9388559340OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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