Camp Creek, Tennessee

Unincorporated community in Tennessee, US

Camp Creek is an unincorporated community in southern Greene County, Tennessee.[1] Camp Creek is nestled at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains sub-range the Bald Mountains.

## History

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Camp Creek was recorded in land records as early as 1788. "For 10 pounds per 100 acres" – to Michael Box 150 acres in Greene County on south side of Nolichucky River on Camp Creek, both sides of Camp Creek, adjoining Thomas Davis, Lewis Morgan, David Reynolds. Samuel Johnston at Fairfield, 11 Jul 1788. From:[2]

### 2011 tornado

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Camp Creek, along with neighboring Horse Creek, was hit by two EF3 tornadoes during the nighttime hours of April 27, 2011. A total of eight people were killed altogether by the tornadoes, which either damaged or destroyed hundreds of structures. The first tornado, which more closely affected Camp Creek, was spawned from the same long-tracked supercell that also produced an EF5 tornado near Philadelphia, Mississippi, an EF4 that affected Cordova and Blountsville, Alabama, an EF5 that moved through Rainsville, Alabama, and an EF4 that hit Ringgold, Georgia and Apison, Tennessee.[3][4][5][6][7]

A Memorial honoring the victims was dedicated on April 28, 2012, one year after the tornado.[8]

## Education

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Camp Creek is home to Camp Creek Elementary School which serves grades K-5.

For Middle School, students attend South Greene Middle School in nearby Debusk, Tennessee.

For High School students go to South Greene High School in nearby South Greene.

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camp Creek, Tennessee
2. ^ North Carolina Land Grants Recorded in Green Co., TN, by Goldene Fillers Burgner, c. 1981"
3. ^ "April 27 2011 Tornado Outbreak Map". Archived from the original on May 7, 2011.
4. ^ "Summary of the 27 April 2011 tornado outbreak across east Tennessee and southwest Virginia". Archived from the original on May 4, 2011.
5. ^ "National Weather Service confirms eight tornadoes in our region,"[permanent dead link] Tri-Cities.com, April 30, 2011
6. ^ Machen, Meredith, Camp Creek tornado survivors remember the devastation two years later Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. WCYB news Channel 5, 26 April 2013.
7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2013.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
8. ^ http://www.wcyb.com/Greene-County-Unveils-Memorial-For-Tornado-Victims/-/14590664/14591974/-/rf78wrz/-/index.html Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, Greene County Unveils Memorial For Tornado Victims, WCYB

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Municipalities and communities of Greene County, Tennessee, United States

County seat: Greeneville

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* Tusculum

Greene County map

Towns|

* Baileyton
* Greeneville
* Mosheim

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* Fall Branch‡

Unincorporated
communities|

* Afton
* Camp Creek
* Chuckey
* Cross Anchor
* DeBusk
* Grandview
* Horse Creek
* Jearoldstown
* Liberty Hill
* Limestone‡
* Midway
* Mohawk
* Newmansville
* Ottway
* Rheatown
* Romeo
* South Greene
* Warrensburg

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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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