White County is in Middle Tennessee, in the Cumberland Mountains, midway between Nashville and Knoxville, and covers an area of 377 square miles. Called “the Mountain District”, it’s scenery is said to rival the Swiss Alps. The Center Hill Lake and Recreation Area lies at the eastern boundry of the county, the “Calf Killer” River runs through the middle of the county, and the beautiful Caney Fork River runs around the southwestern border, near the Warren and DeKalb County lines. Earliest migration was by frontiersmen coming through the Cumberland Gap, but later settlement was due in part to a highway between Knoxville and Nashville that was opened in 1785.

Many of the early settlers of White County came from Hyde County, NC. For more information, visit Hyde County Migration.