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
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States
county Anderson County, Tennessee
dateOfEvent Cross Mountain Mine disaster 1911
Fraterville Mine disaster 1902
elevation approximately 1000 feet
GNISFeatureID 1278450
hasAreaCode 865
hasCemetery Briceville Community Cemetery
Fraterville Miners’ Circle
hasEconomicHistory company town coal operations
hasFeature coal seams of the Cumberland Plateau
hasHistoricEvent Coal Creek War
hasHistoricRailroad Coal Creek Railway
Knoxville and Ohio Railroad
hasHistoricSite Briceville Community Church
Fraterville Miners’ Circle
hasIndustry coal mining
hasMemorial monuments to miners killed in Fraterville and Cross Mountain disasters
hasMine Cross Mountain Mine
linked to: Fraterville Mine

Fraterville Mine
hasPopulationCharacteristic small population
hasPostOffice Briceville Post Office
hasReligiousBuilding Briceville Community Church
hasSchool Briceville Elementary School
hasSettlementType rural community
hasTransportation Tennessee State Route 116
hasZIPCode 37710
historicalRegion Coal Creek Valley
knownFor Cross Mountain Mine disaster
Fraterville Mine disaster
coal mining history
early 20th-century coal mine disasters
locatedIn Anderson County, Tennessee
Appalachian Mountains
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
namedAfter British Briceville Coal Company official J. C. Brice
near Lake City, Tennessee
Rocky Top, Tennessee
partOf Appalachian coalfields
postalCode 37710
region East Tennessee
state Tennessee

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Tennessee State Route 116 passesNear Briceville, Tennessee
Coal Creek War significantPlace Briceville, Tennessee