Sharps Chapel, Tennessee

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Sharps Chapel, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Sharps Chapel
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Sharps Chapel
Coordinates: 36°20′37″N83°48′15″W / 36.34361°N 83.80417°W / 36.34361; -83.80417
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Union
Settled1770s [1]
Elevation
[2]
1,043 ft (318 m)
Population
 (2018)
 • Total1,500 [3]
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37866
Area code 865
FIPS code [4] 47-47173
GNIS feature ID [5] 1647534 [2]

Sharps Chapel is an unincorporated community [6] in southwestern Union County, Tennessee, [5] along the northern shore of Norris Lake.

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History

The homestead of Sherman Stiner, which was among the hundreds of families displaced in Sharps Chapel by the TVA for Norris Dam "The homestead of Sherman Stiner, Lead Mine Bend, Union County, Tennessee. Mr. Stiner is a prosperous and progressive... - NARA - 532726.jpg
The homestead of Sherman Stiner, which was among the hundreds of families displaced in Sharps Chapel by the TVA for Norris Dam

American Revolutionary War veteran Henry Sharp settled in the area on a 700-acre (280 ha) land grant. [1] According to another source, the community's namesake may be Peter Sharp, the son of Henry Sharp. [8]

A post office was established in the area in 1866 and has operated continuously since that time. Initially the post office was called "Clinch River," but in 1869, the name was changed to Sharps Chapel. [9] Sharps Chapel is assigned zip code 37866.

During the construction of Norris Dam in the 1930s, the community was the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, housing workers for the dam project and the development of the nearby Norris Dam State Park. [10]

The Bait Ousley house in Sharps Chapel has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. This brick Federal style house was built by Jacob Sharp, a son of Henry Sharp, in 1835. The house was sold to Jacob Ousley in 1874 and remained in his family for 132 years, but it was unoccupied for almost 30 years beginning in the 1970s, and was considered to be a haunted house. In 2006, the house was purchased from one of Ousley's descendants, and the new owners began an extensive restoration. [1]

Geography

Sharps Chapel is located on a peninsula surrounded by the Clinch and Powell impoundment Norris Lake on all sides in northernmost Union County. [10] It is 40 miles northeast of the city of Knoxville. [11]

It is the site of the administrative office for Chuck Swan State Forest, a forested tract of more than 24,000 acres (9,800 ha) located between the Clinch River and Powell River arms of Norris Lake, that is jointly managed by the Tennessee Forestry Division and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency for wildlife habitat and forest stand improvement. [12] [13]

Demographics

In a report performed by Union County to support economic development initiatives at bringing fiber broadband to the community, the population of Sharps Chapel was estimated to be 1,500 in the year 2018. [3]

Economy

Sharps Chapel being located on the shores of Norris Lake, it is the site of many waterfront communities and subdivisions. [14] [15] It is also the location of a marina and campground. [16]

Education

Sharps Chapel is the site of Sharps Chapel Elementary School, operated by the Union County Schools District. In the 2009–2010 school year, Sharps Chapel Elementary School enrolled 141 students in kindergarten through grade 5. [17]

Notable people

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kim Trent, Resurrection in Sharps Chapel, Metro Pulse , March 27, 2009
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharps Chapel, Tennessee
  3. 1 2 "Fiber Broadband" (PDF). Historic Union County. 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  4. ↑ "FIPS55 Data: Tennessee". United States Geological Survey. February 23, 2006. Archived from the original on June 18, 2006.
  5. 1 2 "Sharps Chapel (Union County, Tennessee)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved August 6, 2020.
  6. ↑ Ahillen, Steve (May 12, 2017). "The mystery on Island F that has everyone talking". Knoxville News Sentinel . Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  7. ↑ McDonald, Michael; Muldowny, John (December 1981). TVA and the Dispossessed. University of Tennessee Press. ISBN   9781572331648 . Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  8. ↑ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 187. ISBN   0-253-21478-5.
  9. ↑ Union County Post Offices and Postmasters, A-L Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine and M-Z Archived November 2, 2002, at the Wayback Machine
  10. 1 2 Graham, Jay. "Sharps Chapel Community". Tennessee River Valley. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  11. ↑ Ahillen, Steve (March 19, 2017). "Sharps Chapel residents blame spraying for health problems". Knoxville News Sentinel . Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  12. ↑ Chuck Swan State Forest, Tennessee Forestry Division, accessed December 4, 2009
  13. ↑ Chuck Swan Wildlife Management Area map, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, accessed December 4, 2009
  14. ↑ "Homepage". Sunset Bay. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Norris History". Ellison.
  16. ↑ "Lakeview Marina". Norris Lake Marinas. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  17. ↑ Sharps Chapel Elementary School, Union County Schools website, accessed August 1, 2010
  18. ↑ Florence Reece, Recovered history, The Progressive Review website, accessed December 4, 2009
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