Bussell Island
Bussell Island, formerly Lenoir Island, is an island located at the mouth of the Little Tennessee River, at its confluence with the Tennessee River in Loudon County, near the U.S. city of Lenoir City, Tennessee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Little Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States
- Also known as: “Bussells Island” and “Park Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tellico Dam and Lenoir Cotton Mill.
Tellico Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tellico Dam is a concrete gravity and earthen embankment dam on the Little Tennessee River that was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority in Loudon County, Tennessee.
Lenoir Cotton Mill
Ruins
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Lenoir Cotton Mill was a 19th-century cotton mill located in the U.S. city of Lenoir City, Tennessee. One of the earliest examples of industrial architecture in Tennessee, the mill operated variously from its construction around 1830 until the 1950s.
Fort Loudoun Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Loudoun Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River in Loudon County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the early 1940s as part of a unified plan to provide…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lenoir City and Unitia.
Lenoir City
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Lenoir City is a suburban city located in Loudon County, Tennessee. The population was 10,117 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville metropolitan area in East Tennessee, along the Tennessee River southwest of Knoxville.
Unitia
Hamlet
Unitia is an Unincorporated community of Loudon County, Tennessee. Historically it was a crossroads village, the site of a post office, and a stop on the Underground Railroad. Unitia is situated 5 miles southeast of Bussell Island.
Shady Grove
Hamlet
Shady Grove is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States. Shady Grove is located near the Loudon County line in far southern Knox County, 3.9 miles south of Farragut. Shady Grove is situated 5 miles northeast of Bussell Island.
Bussell Island
- Categories: river island, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Bussell Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Bussell Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bussell Island”
- German: “40LD17”
- German: “Bussell Island”
- German: “Lenoir Island”
- Spanish: “Isla Bussell”
- Uzbek: “Bussel oroli”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Busselltown and Fort Loudon Estates.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Tennessee River and Lenoirs Shoals.
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