Sale Creek, Tennessee
Encyclopedia
Sale Creek is a small unincorporated community
in northern Hamilton County
, Tennessee
, United States
. Sale Creek is home to Sale Creek High School, The Panthers, as well as the "haunted" Shipley Hollow Road
. Sale Creek was occupied by the 6th Tennessee Infantry US September to December 1863.
Sale Creek Middle/High School is located in the heart of the community and ranges from 6th to 12th grade students. Sale Creek school athletics include: Basketball, Baseball, Wrestling, Cross Country, Softball, Volleyball, Cheerleading, and Football beginning in 2010 for middle school students. Also apart of Sale Creek high School is Jrotc. Jrotc is build of a battlion of cadets, split into three companys. The Jrotc helps out the school by posting colors at their basketball games, helping at the lions club and more. It has 4 teams Rifle, Raiders, Drill and Color Guard. Sale Creek's mascot is a Panther with school colors being Blue, Black, and White.
Sale Creek school has been located on its original site since 1908.
The community takes its name from the creek which runs through it, which in turn got its name from the auction at the site 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 Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794).
It is part of the Chattanooga
, TN–GA
Metropolitan Statistical Area
.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in northern Hamilton County
Hamilton County, Tennessee
Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It was named for Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury. The 2005 Census Estimate placed the population at 310,935 . Its county seat is Chattanooga....
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, United States
United States
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. Sale Creek is home to Sale Creek High School, The Panthers, as well as the "haunted" Shipley Hollow Road
Shipley Hollow Road
Shipley Hollow Road is a road in Sale Creek, Tennessee where there have been many variations of a common haunting. These stories go back 150 years and are mentioned in several local books, including Ghosts of the Southern Tennessee Valley by Georgiana C. Kotarski. The ghosts or creatures are...
. Sale Creek was occupied by the 6th Tennessee Infantry US September to December 1863.
Sale Creek Middle/High School is located in the heart of the community and ranges from 6th to 12th grade students. Sale Creek school athletics include: Basketball, Baseball, Wrestling, Cross Country, Softball, Volleyball, Cheerleading, and Football beginning in 2010 for middle school students. Also apart of Sale Creek high School is Jrotc. Jrotc is build of a battlion of cadets, split into three companys. The Jrotc helps out the school by posting colors at their basketball games, helping at the lions club and more. It has 4 teams Rifle, Raiders, Drill and Color Guard. Sale Creek's mascot is a Panther with school colors being Blue, Black, and White.
Sale Creek school has been located on its original site since 1908.
The community takes its name from the creek which runs through it, which in turn got its name from the auction at the site of the goods and arms taken from the eleven towns of the militant Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
in the region before they were burned during the raid of Evan Shelby's troops in 1779, during the Chickamauga Wars (1776-1794).
It is part of the Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...
, TN–GA
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Chattanooga metropolitan area
The Chattanooga Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of six counties – three in southeast Tennessee and three in northwest Georgia – anchored by the city of Chattanooga...
.