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Sale Creek, Tennessee
View from Back Valley Road
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Sale Creek, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Sale Creek, Tennessee
Sale Creek, Tennessee
Location in Tennessee
Sale Creek, Tennessee is located in the United States
Sale Creek, Tennessee
Sale Creek, Tennessee
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Hamilton
Area
 • Total 32.684 sq mi (84.65 km2)
 • Land 30.205 sq mi (78.23 km2)
 • Water 2.479 sq mi (6.42 km2)
Elevation
725 ft (221 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 2,845
 • Density 87.046/sq mi (33.609/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 423
GNIS feature ID 1300533

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 2,845 as of the 2010 census. Sale Creek is home to Sale Creek Middle/High School. A local curiosity, the reportedly "haunted" Shipley Hollow Road, is in Sale Creek.

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.

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.

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