Chilhowee
Chilhowee was a prehistoric and historic Native American site in present-day Blount and Monroe counties in Tennessee, in what were the Southeastern Woodlands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ancient Cherokee village in Blount County and Monroe County, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Chalahume”, “Chilhowah”, “Chilhowey”, “Chilowee”, “Madisonville”, and “Tsulunawe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chilhowee Dam.
Chilhowee Dam
Industrial building
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Chilhowee Dam is a hydroelectric dam located in Blount and Monroe counties, Tennessee, United States, between river mile 33 and 34 on the Little Tennessee River. Chilhowee Dam is situated 2½ miles west of Chilhowee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tallassee and Calderwood.
Tallassee
Hamlet
Tallassee is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee. Its ZIP code is 37878. Tallassee is located along U.S. Route 129 approximately a half mile west of Chilhowee Dam along the banks of the Little Tennessee River. Tallassee is situated 3 miles west of Chilhowee.
Calderwood
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Calderwood was a community once located along the Little Tennessee River in Blount County, Tennessee, United States. Established in 1912 as a base for the Aluminum Company of America's Little Tennessee Valley hydroelectric development operations, the community continued to house construction personnel and dam maintenance personnel for nearby Calderwood Dam until the 1960s. Calderwood is situated 3½ miles south of Chilhowee.
Happy Valley
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Happy Valley is an unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee, near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although it is not a census-designated place, the ZIP Code Tabulation Area for the ZIP Code that serves Happy Valley had a population of 529 as of the 2000 U.S. Census. Happy Valley is situated 4½ miles northeast of Chilhowee.
Chilhowee
- Categories: archaeological site and locality
- Location: Blount, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.55729° or 35° 33′ 26″ northLongitude
-84.01045° or 84° 0′ 38″ westElevation
883 feet (269 metres)Open location code
867QHX4Q+WROpenStreetMap ID
node 154190790OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Chilhowee” goes by many names.
- Cherokee: “Tsulunawe”
- Cherokee: “ᏧᎷᎾᎢ”
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