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Tellico Plains is a town in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.The population was 859 at the 2000 census and 880 at the 2010 census. Tellico Plains is home to several communities that include Coker Creek, Belltown, Rafter, Mount Vernon, Rural Vale, and more.
The skyway gains over 4,000 feet (1,200 m) in elevation, rising from a low point of just under 900 feet (270 m) at Tellico Plains to a high point of just over 5,400 feet (1,600 m) on the slopes of Haw Knob near the Tennessee-North Carolina state line.
The Cherohala Skyway, a national scenic byway, connects Tellico Plains with Robbinsville, North Carolina. Crossing the Unicoi Mountains, the road peaks at an elevation of over 5,000 feet. Fort Loudoun State Park is located on a peninsula near Vonore, and includes a replica of the 18th-century colonial Fort Loudoun.
It is located on Tennessee State Route 68, 6.7 miles (10.8 km) south of Tellico Plains. [2] Its population in the 2020 census was 150. Coker Creek lies in the southern Appalachian Mountains (specifically, the Unicoi Mountains ) completely surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest , and just west of the Tennessee- North Carolina state line.
The word "Tellico" was the name of several Cherokee towns, the largest of which was Great Tellico, located on the Tellico River near what developed as present-day Tellico Plains, Tennessee. In Cherokee the word is more properly written Talikwa. According to James Mooney, the meaning of the word was lost. [5]
Tellico Village is an unincorporated planned community, and census-designated place on the western shore of Tellico Reservoir in Loudon County, Tennessee, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Knoxville. Its population was 5,791 as of the 2010 census and [4] and 7,311 at the 2020 census.
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Tellico Plains: SR 165 east (Cherohala Skyway) – Tellico Plains, Bald River Falls, Indian Boundary, Cherokee National Forest: Western terminus of SR 165: SR 39 west (Mecca Pike) – Etowah, Englewood: Eastern terminus of SR 39: Madisonville: US 411 – Englewood, Vonore: Interchange: Christianburg: SR 307 south (Eastanaula Road) – Athens