Cave Creek
Unincorporated community
Cave Creek Cemetery
Cave Creek Cemetery
Cave Creek is located in Tennessee
Cave Creek
Cave Creek
Location in Tennessee
Cave Creek is located in the United States
Cave Creek
Cave Creek
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 35°48′50″N 84°23′15″W / 35.81389°N 84.38750°W / 35.81389; -84.38750
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyRoane
Elevation
[1]
509 ft (155 m)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
37763, 37774
GNIS feature ID1314803[1]

Cave Creek is an unincorporated community in Roane County, Tennessee, USA. It does not have a post office and is split between the ZIP codes for Kingston, 37763, and Loudon, 37774. Cave Creek is served by the East Roane County Volunteer Fire Hall #2.[2]

Geography

Cave Creek runs through the community

The community is located along Cave Creek Road, which intersects U.S. Route 70. Cave Creek, a tributary of the Tennessee River, runs alongside the road. The community is located in eastern Roane County, near the border with Loudon County.

The terrain is hilly, with elevations ranging from around 800 to 1200 feet.

History

The Cave Creek area was settled in the early 1800s. The community had a school until 1960, and the building is now a community center.[3]

On June 26, 1938, Felix Bushaloo Breazeale held his funeral in Cave Creek while he was still alive, an event that drew thousands of people, and later inspired the movie Get Low.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cave Creek, Tennessee
  2. ^ "East Roane County Volunteer Fire Department". sites.google.com. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  3. ^ Pat Hope. "Cave Creek: Famous Funeral Site". Clan Breazeale. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Morrow, Terry (August 22, 2010). "New film Get Low based on pre-death funeral of Roane man in 1938". Knoxville News Sentinel. Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
  5. ^ Breazeale, Mike. ""On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand": The Extraordinary Last Rites of Felix Bushaloo Breazeale".


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