Nickajack Dam
Nickajack Dam is a hydroelectric dam in Marion County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is one of nine dams on the Tennessee River owned and operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in the mid-1960s to replace the outdated Hales Bar Dam 6 miles upstream.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kimball and Jasper.
Kimball
Village
Kimball is a town in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,545 at the 2020 census and 1,395 in 2010. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Kimball is situated 4 miles northwest of Nickajack Dam.
Jasper
Town
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Jasper is a town in and the county seat of Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,612 at the 2020 census. The town was formed in 1820 from lands acquired from Betsy Pack, daughter of Cherokee Chief John Lowery. Jasper is situated 5 miles north of Nickajack Dam.
Haletown
Hamlet
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Haletown is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Haletown is situated 5 miles east of Nickajack Dam.
Nickajack Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Marion County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Marion, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Nickajack Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nickajack Dam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد نيكاجاك”
- Italian: “diga di Nickajack”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nickajack-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Nickajack-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Нікаджек”
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