Wear Valley
Wears Valley is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee that was formerly treated by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census county division.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee
- Also known as: “Weares Cove”, “Wears Cove”, “Wears Valley”, “Wears Valley, Tennessee”, and “Wears Valley, TN”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Headrick’s Chapel and Little Greenbrier School.
Headrick’s Chapel
Church
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 2.5.
Headrick’s Chapel is a church, which is situated 2 miles southwest of Wear Valley.
Little Greenbrier School
School
Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Little Greenbrier School is a former schoolhouse and church in the ghost town of Little Greenbrier in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. Located near Gatlinburg in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it was built in 1882, and was used as a school and church almost continuously until 1936. Little Greenbrier School is situated 2½ miles south of Wear Valley.
Walker Sisters Place
Dwelling
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 2.5.
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib—were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living. Walker Sisters Place is situated 2 miles southeast of Wear Valley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elkmont.
Elkmont
Hamlet
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 2.5.
Elkmont is a region situated in the upper Little River valley of the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Throughout its history, the valley has been home to a pioneer Appalachian community, a logging town, and a resort community. Elkmont is situated 6 miles southeast of Wear Valley.
Wear Valley
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Sevier, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.71415° or 35° 42′ 51″ northLongitude
-83.6525° or 83° 39′ 9″ westElevation
1,457 feet (444 metres)Open location code
867RP87W+MXOpenStreetMap ID
node 153928151OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Volapük—“Wear Valley” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沃尔斯谷”
- French: “Wears Valley”
- Persian: “ویرز ولی، تنسی”
- Persian: “ویرز ولی”
- South Azerbaijani: “ویرز ولی، تنسی”
- Volapük: “Wears Valley (Tennessee)”
- Volapük: “Wears Valley (TN)”
- Volapük: “Wears Valley, Tennessee”
- Volapük: “Wears Valley, TN”
- Volapük: “Wears Valley”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wears Valley and Abbott Cemetery.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wear Valley”. Photo: Bms4880, CC BY 3.0.