Briceville, Tennessee

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Briceville, Tennessee is a small unincorporated coal-mining community in Anderson County known for its historic mines and tragic early 20th-century mining disasters.

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instanceOf coal town
unincorporated community
associatedWith Coal Creek War NERFINISHED
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Anderson County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
dateOfEvent Cross Mountain Mine disaster 1911 NERFINISHED
Fraterville Mine disaster 1902 NERFINISHED
elevation approximately 1000 feet
GNISFeatureID 1278450
hasAreaCode 865
hasCemetery Briceville Community Cemetery NERFINISHED
Fraterville Miners’ Circle NERFINISHED
hasEconomicHistory company town coal operations
hasFeature coal seams of the Cumberland Plateau
hasHistoricEvent Coal Creek War NERFINISHED
hasHistoricRailroad Coal Creek Railway NERFINISHED
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED
hasHistoricSite Briceville Community Church NERFINISHED
Fraterville Miners’ Circle NERFINISHED
hasIndustry coal mining
hasMemorial monuments to miners killed in Fraterville and Cross Mountain disasters
hasMine Cross Mountain Mine NERFINISHED
Fraterville Mine NERFINISHED
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population
hasPostOffice Briceville Post Office NERFINISHED
hasReligiousBuilding Briceville Community Church NERFINISHED
hasSchool Briceville Elementary School NERFINISHED
hasSettlementType rural community
hasTransportation Tennessee State Route 116 NERFINISHED
hasZIPCode 37710
historicalRegion Coal Creek Valley NERFINISHED
knownFor Cross Mountain Mine disaster NERFINISHED
Fraterville Mine disaster NERFINISHED
coal mining history
early 20th-century coal mine disasters
locatedIn Anderson County, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter British Briceville Coal Company official J. C. Brice NERFINISHED
near Lake City, Tennessee NERFINISHED
Rocky Top, Tennessee NERFINISHED
partOf Appalachian coalfields NERFINISHED
postalCode 37710
region East Tennessee NERFINISHED
state Tennessee

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Tennessee State Route 116 passesNear Briceville, Tennessee