Wasp
Wasp was a community located in Cocke County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Situated in the upper Wolf Creek Valley in the rugged eastern part of the county, Wasp thrived as an Appalachian agrarian community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Cocke County, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Wasp, Tennessee” and “Wasp, TN”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boomer and Tom Town.
Boomer
Hamlet
Boomer is an unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. Boomer is situated 2½ miles southwest of Wasp.
Tom Town
Hamlet
Tom Town is an unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. Tom Town is 12.75 miles southeast of Newport. The elevation of Tom Town is 1,722 feet. Tom Town is situated 5 miles west of Wasp.
Midway
Hamlet
Midway is an unincorporated community in Cocke County, Tennessee. Midway is 11.1 miles southeast of Newport. Midway is situated 6 miles west of Wasp.
Wasp
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Cocke, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.85455° or 35° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
-82.93209° or 82° 55′ 56″ westElevation
2,831 feet (863 metres)Open location code
867VV339+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 154076362OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Wasp” goes by many names.
- South Azerbaijani: “واسپ، تنسی”
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