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Tanasi

Tanasi was a historic Overhill settlement site in present-day , in the southeastern United States. The village became the namesake for the state of .
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: former Cherokee town in Monroe County, Tennessee
  • Also known as: “Tanase”, “Tebasi”, “Tenasee”, “Tennessee Cherokee Village”, and “Tunissee”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chota.

Archaeological site
Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.
is a historic Overhill Cherokee town site in , in the southeastern United States. Developing after nearby Tanasi, was the most important of the Overhill towns from the late 1740s until 1788. is situated 2,000 feet north of Tanasi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tallassee.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in . Its ZIP code is 37878. is located along U.S. Route 129 approximately a half mile west of along the banks of the . is situated 4 miles east of Tanasi.

Tanasi

Latitude
35.54883° or 35° 32′ 56″ north
Longitude
-84.13186° or 84° 7′ 55″ west
Open location code
867QGVX9+G7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11406564056
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q265234
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Tanasi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تاناسي”
  • Cherokee: “Tanasi”
  • Cherokee: “ᏔᎾᏏ”
  • Chinese: “田納斯”
  • Danish: “Tanasi”
  • Dutch: “Tanasi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تاناسى”
  • French: “Tanasi”
  • German: “Tanasi”
  • Irish: “Tanasi”
  • Italian: “Tanasi”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “تاناسي”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanasi”
  • Portuguese: “Tanasi”
  • Spanish: “Tanasi”
  • Swedish: “Tanasi”

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Highlights include Jones Cemetery and Jones Island.

Nearby Places

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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 “Tanasi”. Photo: Bms4880, CC BY 3.0.