Sale Creek, Tennessee

Sale Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 27 between Chattanooga and Dayton, Tennessee.

Sale Creek, Tennessee
Census-designated place
View from Back Valley Road
View from Back Valley Road
Sale Creek is located in Tennessee
Sale Creek
Sale Creek
Sale Creek is located in the United States
Sale Creek
Sale Creek
Coordinates: 35°22′56″N 85°06′32″W
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyHamilton
Area
[1]
 • Total32.72 sq mi (84.74 km2)
 • Land30.14 sq mi (78.06 km2)
 • Water2.58 sq mi (6.68 km2)
Elevation
[2]
725 ft (221 m)
Population
 (2020)[3]
 • Total3,021
 • Density100.23/sq mi (38.70/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37373[4]
Area code423
GNIS feature ID1300533[2]

Sale Creek's population was 2,901 as of the 2020 census.[5] Sale Creek is home to Sale Creek Middle/High School. A local curiosity, the reportedly "haunted" Shipley Hollow Road, is in Sale Creek.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
20203,021—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

History

The community takes its name from the creek which runs through it. The creek got its name from the auction held along its banks consisting of the goods and arms taken from the eleven towns of the militant Cherokee in the region before they were burned during the raid of Evan Shelby's troops in 1779 during the Cherokee–American wars.[7]

The area was occupied by the 6th Tennessee Infantry US from September to December 1863 during the Civil War.

MSA

Sale Creek is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

References
  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sale Creek
  3. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. "Sale Creek TN ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  7. Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names; Indiana University Press; Indianapolis, 2001; p. 183.



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