Hiwassee Island
Hiwassee Island, also known as Jollys Island and Benham Island, is located in Meigs County, Tennessee, at the confluence of the Tennessee and Hiwassee Rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Benham Island”, “Hiawassee Island”, “Jolly Island”, “Jolly’s Island”, and “Jollys Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cherokee Removal Memorial Park.
Cherokee Removal Memorial Park
Park
Photo: It’sOnlyMakeBelieve, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cherokee Removal Memorial Park is a public park in Meigs County, Tennessee that is dedicated in memory of the Cherokee who were forced to emigrate from their ancestral lands during the Cherokee removal, in an event that came to be known as the Trail of Tears.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Five Points and Birchwood.
Five Points
Hamlet
Five Points is an unincorporated community in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. Five Points is located along Tennessee State Route 60 3.4 miles south of Dayton.
Birchwood
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
Birchwood is an unincorporated community in Hamilton and Meigs counties in Tennessee, United States. It is a rural area located along Tennessee State Route 60 and Tennessee State Route 312 northwest of Chattanooga.
Dayton
Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.
Dayton is a city in and the county seat of Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 7,065. The Dayton Urban Cluster includes developed areas adjacent to the city and extends south to Graysville.
Hiwassee Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Meigs County, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.42174° or 35° 25′ 18″ northLongitude
-84.98856° or 84° 59′ 19″ westElevation
702 feet (214 metres)Open location code
867QC2C6+MHOpenStreetMap ID
node 356811254OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Hiwassee Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hiwassee Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Lakewood and Piney Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hiwassee Wildlife Refuge and Doughty Cemetery.
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