Whiteside, Tennessee

Whiteside, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Whiteside, Tennessee
Coordinates: 34°59′14″N 85°29′52″W / 34.98722°N 85.49778°W / 34.98722; -85.49778Coordinates: 34°59′14″N 85°29′52″W / 34.98722°N 85.49778°W / 34.98722; -85.49778
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Marion
Elevation	807 ft (246 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	423
GNIS feature ID	1314101^[1]

Whiteside (formerly Aetna, Etna and Running Water) is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Tennessee,^[1] named after James Anderson Whiteside (1803-1861), attorney, Chattanooga railroad promoter and land investor. It lies at an elevation of 807 feet (246 m).

History

For the decade preceding his death in 1792, Dragging Canoe lived at Running Water, a Chickamauga Cherokee town. Railroad tracks, Whiteside train tunnel and Whiteside trestle 1863 make Whiteside a significant location in the passage through the Tennessee River valley from Chattanooga to points west.

References

1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Whiteside, Tennessee

Municipalities and communities of Marion County, Tennessee, United States

County seat: Jasper

Cities	New Hope South Pittsburg Whitwell

Towns	Jasper Kimball Monteagle‡ Orme Powell's Crossroads

Unincorporated communities	Aetna Haletown Mineral Springs Sequatchie Suck Creek Whiteside

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

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