Tallassee
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: unincorporated community in Blount County, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Tallassee, Tennessee” and “Tallassee, TN”
- Postal code: 37878
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chilhowee Dam and Kirkland Island.
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.
Kirkland Island
Island
Callaways Little Island, or Kirkland Island, is a small island 1.4 miles WSW of Tallassee, Tennessee within the Chilhowee Shoals of the Little Tennessee River, Monroe County, Tennessee. Kirkland Island is situated 1½ miles west of Tallassee.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calderwood.
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 4½ miles southeast of Tallassee.
Tallassee
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Blount, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.54675° or 35° 32′ 48″ northLongitude
-84.05991° or 84° 3′ 36″ westElevation
820 feet (250 metres)Open location code
867QGWWR+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 154084719OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to South Azerbaijani—“Tallassee” goes by many names.
- French: “Tallassee”
- South Azerbaijani: “تالاسی، تنسی”
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Highlights include Lower Chilhowee Church and Lower Chilhowee Cemetery.
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