Little Tennessee River
The Little Tennessee River is a 135-mile tributary of the Tennessee River that flows through the Blue Ridge Mountains in the southeastern United States from Georgia, into North Carolina, and then into Tennessee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Satico River”, “Tannassee River”, “Tenesee River”, “Tennassee River”, and “Tennessee River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tellico Dam and Lenoir Cotton Mill.
Tellico Dam
Dam
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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
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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 Little Tennessee River.
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 Little Tennessee River.
Little Tennessee River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Loudon, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Little Tennessee River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Little Tennessee River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Little Tennessee”
- Basque: “Little Tennessee ibaia”
- Catalan: “Little Tennessee”
- Cebuano: “Little Tennessee River”
- Chinese: “小田纳西河”
- Chuvash: “Литл-Теннесси”
- Danish: “Little Tennessee River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ليتل تينيسى”
- French: “Little Tennessee River”
- French: “Little Tennessee”
- German: “Little Tennessee River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Little Tennessee”
- Lithuanian: “Mažasis Tenesis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Little Tennessee River”
- Russian: “Литл-Теннесси”
- Russian: “Малая Теннесси”
- Slovenian: “Little Tennessee River”
- Slovenian: “Little Tennessee”
- Slovenian: “reka LittleTennessee”
- Ukrainian: “Літтл-Теннессі”
- Venetian: “Little Tennessee”
- Welsh: “Afon Little Tennessee”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bucktown and Busselltown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lenoirs Shoals and Bussell Island.
Tennessee: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.
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