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CITY LIMIT SIGNS of GRUNDY COUNTY
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| Grundy County Limit Sign | Mountain View City Limit Sign |
CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS of GRUNDY COUNTY
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| VFW Post 9586 | Valley Home Community Sign |
SIGHTS in GRUNDY COUNTY
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| BSA Camp Skymont Deer Run entrance |
Haven of Rest Retirement Home | Hamby’s Double H Arena Horse show arena |
| Old Stone Bridges
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Built between 1905 and
1920 Hand cut stone arch highway bridges Examples found at Gruetli and Flat Branch |
| Old Store Building |  |
| Old School Building |
 Courtesy of A Harings 7'05 |
Wonder Cave |
Pelham TN 37366 Located in Pelham Valley at foot of Monteagle Mountain on Hwy 41 Discovered by three Vanderbilt University students in 1897 R M Payne purchased property in early 1900’s Helped pass a law making it illegal to deface cave formations, 1909 Early visitors entered cave in flat bottom boats A large entrance hole was blasted in rock face in early 1900’s Boat trips were abandoned, 1917 River that runs through cave called Mystic, because its source has not been identified River is blocked by an ancient rock fall nine miles into the cave Only one mile of the cave’s 15 mile length is open to the public Over two million visitors have seen cave since 1897 Temperature in cave is a constant 56 degrees F Know for its onyx formations Listed as a Tennessee Backroads Heritage site |
Attractions of Grundy County from Tennessee Mountain Properties
HIGHWAYS in GRUNDY COUNTY
| U S Highways | State Highways |
| I-24, 41, 41A, 64 | 2, 15, 50, 56, 108, 111, 150 |
HISTORY of GRUNDY COUNTY
| Established January 29, 1844 Organized August 5, 1844 Altamont is county seat County formed from parts of Coffee and Warren Counties |
| Old Coke Ovens | Examples located in Grundy Lakes State Park Constructed 1873 Originally used prison labor to operate Operated for 23 years |
PEOPLE of GRUNDY COUNTY
| Felix
Grundy County named after |
Henry Overturf |
CHURCHES of GRUNDY COUNTY
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| Air View Missionary Baptist Church | Bethel Community Church | Campground Freewill Baptist Church | Chapman’s Chapel Church of the Nazarene |
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| Church of Christ | Community Harvest Church of God | Cumberland Heights Seventh Day Adventist Church | Cumberland Mennonite Fellowship Church |
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 Building erected 1972 |
 Organized 2002 |
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| Cumberland Mountain Seventh Day Adventist Elementary School | Graces Village Congregational Methodist Church | House of The Lord Church Interdenominational Palmer TN |
Hubbard Cove Church of God |
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Building erected 1972 |
| Layne’s Cove Church of God | Liberty Independent Baptist Church | Little Creek Baptist Church | Orange Hill Church & Cemetery |
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