Glade Creek, Tennessee

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Glade Creek is an unincorporated community in the southeastern panhandle of Putnam County, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3]

Half of the households in Glade Creek are of Czechoslovakian descent. Many residents of the area moved from Wheeling to work in the Ravenscroft coal mine nearby across the White County line. [2]

Geography

It is impossible to reach Glade Creek by road from the rest of Putnam County without driving through at least one other county. The two routes recommended by Google to reach the county seat and largest city of Cookeville go through Mayland and Cumberland Cove in neighboring Cumberland County or Bon Air and Sparta in neighboring White County. Even the main street of the community, Glade Creek Road, begins in White County's Ravenscroft community and ends as the Main Street of Pleasant Hill. [4] [5] Despite Glade Creek Road being the only through road in this portion of Putnam County, it's considered a local road rather than a collector road by both Putnam County [6] and the Tennessee Department of Transportation's official maps of Cumberland, Putnam and White Counties. [7] [8] [9] The nearest collector roads considered "functional" routes by TDOT are the Ravenscroft Road in White County [9] and Mayland Road in Cumberland County. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Glade Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Glade Creek School". Mining On The Mountain. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  3. ↑ "Glade Creek · Tennessee 38583". Glade Creek · Tennessee 38583. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  4. ↑ "Glade Creek Rd · Tennessee". Glade Creek Rd · Tennessee. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  5. ↑ "Pleasant Hill · Tennessee". Pleasant Hill · Tennessee. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
  6. ↑ "Land Use And Transportation Policy Plan Putnam County, Tennessee" (PDF). putnamcountytn.gov.
  7. 1 2 "Cumberland County Tennessee" (PDF). www.tn.gov.
  8. ↑ "County: Putnam General Highway Map Tennessee" (PDF). www.tn.gov.
  9. 1 2 "White County Tennessee" (PDF). www.tn.gov.

36°00′19″N85°16′18″W / 36.00528°N 85.27167°W / 36.00528; -85.27167


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