Britt's Landing, Tennessee

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Britt's Landing
Unincorporated community
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Britt's Landing
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Britt's Landing
Britt's Landing (the United States)
Coordinates: 35°47′14″N87°58′14″W / 35.78722°N 87.97056°W / 35.78722; -87.97056 [1]
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Perry
Established1839
Inundated by Kentucky Lake1944
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)

Britt's Landing was an unincorporated community and river port in Perry County, Tennessee. It ceased to exist after the site was flooded by the impoundment of Kentucky Lake in 1944.

History

The landing was established in 1839 on the east bank of the Tennessee River in the northern part of the county. It had developed into a commercial center by 1844, and a post office was established in 1850. It lasted as an important shipment point until the 1880s, exporting cotton and peanuts and importing finished goods for Beardstown and Lobelville. [2] [3] Fewer than 10 families resided in the village when it was reported that it would be inundated by Kentucky Lake after the completion of the dam in the late 1930s. [4]

On April 27, 1862, the body of Governor Louis P. Harvey of Wisconsin washed ashore at Britt's Landing. [5] Gov. Harvey fell from a riverboat eight days prior while returning to Wisconsin from an inspection of field hospitals near the site of the Battle of Shiloh. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Pike, Albert (1936). Daniels' Landing Quadrangle. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ Steele, Gus. "Perry County". Tennessee Encyclopedia. The Tennessee Historical Society. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Goodspeed, Weston Arthur (1886). Goodspeed's History of Tennessee. Chicago, Illinois, United States: Goodspeed Publishing. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ "TVA Dam Waters Force 15,000 To Leave Homes". The Greeneville Sun. Vol. 58, no. 164. 25 May 1938. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Thwaites, Reuben Gold (December 1912). Messages and Proclamations of Wis. War Governors. Wisconsin: Wisconsin History Commission. p. 127. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Harvey, Gov. Louis P." Wisconsin Historical Society. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on July 23, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.


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