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History · Flat Top Mountain

Flat Top Mountain’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Flat Top Mountain. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Flat Top Mountain is a census-designated place in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 561 at the 2020 census, up from 422 at the 2010 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 422 to 561 (+33%). Half of its homes were built before 2003.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Flat Top Mountain yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Flat Top Mountain’s history is told.

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Bessie SmithBessie SmithChattanooga · 19 miRalphie MayRalphie MayChattanooga · 19 miAGArthur GoldenChattanooga · 19 miRachel BostonRachel BostonChattanooga · 19 miRoscoe TannerRoscoe TannerChattanooga · 19 miTamara E. JerniganTamara E. JerniganChattanooga · 19 mi
By decade

Flat Top Mountain, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Flat Top Mountain is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Flat Top Mountain has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sequatchie County Courthouse in Dunlap, 10.9 miles away.

Flat Top Mountain and the nearest listed places

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Sequatchie County CourthouseDunlap Community BuildingDouglas Coal and Coke Company ClubhouseDunlap Coke OvensHill Road at the Cumberland PlateauBirchwood School

Closest to Flat Top Mountain

Sequatchie County CourthouseDunlap · Built 191110.9miDunlap Community BuildingDunlap · Building11.1miDouglas Coal and Coke Company ClubhouseDunlap · Built 190211.6miDunlap Coke OvensDunlap · Structure11.8miHill Road at the Cumberland PlateauDunlap · Structure11.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Sequatchie County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Flat Top Mountain?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Flat Top Mountain’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Soddy-Daisy📜 Lakesite📜 Graysville📜 Dunlap
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