Sale Creek, Tennessee
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 35°22′56″N 85°06′32″W / 35.38222°N 85.10889°W / 35.38222; -85.10889
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Hamilton
Area [1]
• Total	32.72 sq mi (84.74 km2)
• Land	30.14 sq mi (78.06 km2)
• Water	2.58 sq mi (6.68 km2)
Elevation [2]	725 ft (221 m)
Population  (2020)[3]
• Total	3,021
• Density	100.23/sq mi (38.70/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37373[4]
Area code	423
GNIS feature ID	1300533[2]

Sale Creek is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. It is located along U.S. Route 27 between Chattanooga and Dayton, Tennessee.

Sale Creek's population was 2,901 as of the 2020 census.^[5] Sale Creek is home to Sale Creek Middle/High School. A local curiosity, the reportedly "haunted" Shipley Hollow Road, is in Sale Creek.

Demographics

History

The community takes its name from the creek which runs through it. The creek got its name from the auction held along its banks consisting 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 Cherokee–American wars.^[7]

The area was occupied by the 6th Tennessee Infantry US from September to December 1863 during the Civil War.

MSA

Sale Creek is part of the Chattanooga, TN–GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.