It’s a beautiful area! My mom lived in Bradley County close to the Polk Co. line. Benton is in Polk Co. I’m in McMinn. I worked for almost 40 years in Cleveland before I retired. The population of Cleveland is exploding because of out-of-towners moving there for the jobs. Not as many come to Athens. Too small and “farmy” I guess.
It’s a beautiful area! My mom lived in Bradley County close to the Polk Co. line. Benton is in Polk Co. I’m in McMinn. I worked for almost 40 years in Cleveland before I retired. The population of Cleveland is exploding because of out-of-towners moving there for the jobs. Not as many come to Athens. Too small and “farmy” I guess.
**************************
The county seat in the county where I live is McMinnville, Oregon, named by William Newby who named it after his hometown of McMinnville, Tennessee.
Three groups that were a very important part of the westward migration that settled what became the Oregon Territory prior to statehood. Were people from New England, people that pretended they were from New England, & Southerners.