Some Franklin County Geographic Names

Some Franklin County Geographic Names

The following locations and place names could be found within the boundaries of Franklin County, Tennessee in the early days. Some of these features may now be within the borders of Coffee, Grundy and Moore Counties.


TOWNS: Winchester, Cowan, Decherd, Sewanee, Estill Springs and Huntland.

COMMUNITIES: Alto, Anderson, Awalt, Beans Creek, Belvidere, Broadview, Buncombe, Capitol Hill, Center Grove, Dripping Springs, Farris Chapel, Goshen, Greenhaw, Harmony, Hockersville (now Alto/Decherd area), Keith’s Spring, Liberty, Marble Hill (now Moore Co.), Maple Grove, Marble Plains, Maxwell, Oak Grove, Old Salem, Owl Hollow, Penile, Pleasant Grove, Ridgeville (now Moore Co.), Roark’s Cove, Rock Creek, Salem, Sherwood, Warren Chapel, Walnut Grove and Winchester Springs.

RIVERS and LAKES: Elk River, Tims Ford Lake.

CREEKS: Bean (upper) Bean (lower), Big Hurricane, Blue, Boiling Fork, Bradley, Coffee, Crow, Big Crow, Little Crow, Fall Lick, Farris, Graves, Little Hurricane, Lost/Loss, Mill, Morris, Mud, Norwood, Robinson, Rock, Rowland, Sinking Cove, Spring, Tarter, Town, Turkey, Wagner.

COVES: Buncombe, Caperton, Farmers, Hawkins, Lost Cove, Morris, Norwood, Roark, Round Cove, Sinking Cove, Tally.

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