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47-70060 [4] GNIS feature ID. 1314091 [2] Website. southpittsburgtn.org. South Pittsburg is a city in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,106 at the 2020 census. South Pittsburg is home to the National Cornbread Festival.
Battle of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater. The battlefield is located between a small, undistinguished church named Shiloh and ...
Park information. Total area: 3,997 acres (16.18 km 2) Federal area: 3,942 acres (15.95 km 2) Nonfederal area: 55 acres (0.22 km 2) The Shiloh National Military Park was established on December 27, 1894. In 1904, Basil Wilson Duke was appointed commissioner of Shiloh National Military Park by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Coordinates: 35°09′08″N 88°19′22″W. Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh National Military Park. Pittsburg Landing is a river landing on the west bank of the Tennessee River in Hardin County, Tennessee. It was named for "Pitts" Tucker who operated a tavern at the site in the years preceding the Civil War. The landing helped connect the west side ...
Shiloh (South of the Hornets Nest) Shiloh is of somewhat unknown origins but descendants of the Iroquois settled the area and built the Indian mounds in both Pittsburgh Landing/Shiloh and Savannah, Tennessee. Then, during the Westward Expansion Era, Lewis Wicker bought 400 acres of land in Shiloh/Pittsburgh Landing all the way from at least ...
Marion County, Tennessee. Marion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,837. [2] Its county seat is Jasper. [3] Marion County is part of the Chattanooga, AL – TN – GA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Marion County is in the Central time zone, while Chattanooga proper is in the ...
Area code. 423. FIPS code. 47-56040 [5] GNIS feature ID. 1296488 [2] Orme is a town in Marion County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 87 as of the 2020 census, down from 126 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the Chattanooga, TN– GA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
State Route 156 (SR 156) is a spur route of Tennessee State Route 56 (SR 56) and a state highway in Franklin and Marion counties in the southern central and southeastern portions of Tennessee, United States. It traverses the southern Cumberland Plateau before descending into the Sequatchie Valley, where follows the shores of Nickajack Lake for ...