Sinking Creek

Sinking Creek is a locality in Carter, Tennessee. Sinking Creek is situated nearby to the village Central, as well as near the neighborhood Stoney Brook.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Milligan College and Johnson City Airport.

Milligan College

College

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Milligan University is a private Christian university in Milligan College, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1866 as the Buffalo Male and Female Institute, and known as Milligan College from 1881 to May 2020, the school has a student population of more than 1,300 students, most of whom live and study on its 355-acre campus. Milligan College is situated 2 miles south of Sinking Creek.

Johnson City Airport

Aerodrome

Johnson City STOLport is a privately owned, public use STOLport in Washington County, Tennessee, United States. It is located three nautical miles northeast of the central business district of Johnson City, Tennessee. Johnson City Airport is situated 2½ miles north of Sinking Creek.

TVA Credit Union Ballpark

Pitch

TVA Credit Union Ballpark is a stadium in Johnson City, Tennessee. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of Johnson City Doughboys in the summer collegiate Appalachian League. TVA Credit Union Ballpark is situated 2 miles west of Sinking Creek.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central and Milligan College.

Central

Village

Central is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in western Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,717 at the 2000 census and 2,279 at the 2010 census.

Milligan College

Hamlet

Milligan College is an unincorporated community and an area of Elizabethton, in Carter County, Tennessee. Milligan is home to Milligan University and Emmanuel Christian Seminary. All of Milligan has been annexed by the city of Elizabethton. Milligan College is situated 2 miles south of Sinking Creek.

Pine Crest

Village

Pine Crest is a census-designated place in Carter County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,388 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol, TN-VA Combined Statistical Area – commonly known as the "Tri-Cities" region. Pine Crest is situated 2 miles south of Sinking Creek.

Sinking Creek

Type: Locality
Location: Carter, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.32788° or 36° 19′ 40″ north

Longitude

-82.30542° or 82° 18′ 20″ west

Elevation

1,529 feet (466 metres)

Open location code

868V8MHV+5R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 153992291

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

4657903

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