Gruetli-Laager
| Gruetli-Laager | |||
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 The TN-108 in Gruetli-Laager |
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| Location in Tennessee | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1869 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Tennessee | ||
| County : | Grundy County | ||
| Coordinates : | 35 ° 22 ′ N , 85 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,813 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 56.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 32.2 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) of which 32.2 km 2 (approx. 12 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 584 m | ||
| Postal code : | 37339 | ||
| Area code : | +1 931 | ||
| FIPS : | 47-31490 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1648587 | ||
Gruetli-Laager is a place with 1,813 residents in Grundy County in the US state of Tennessee . It is located on the southern part of the Cumberland Plateau , about halfway between the Sequatchie Valley on the eastern slope of the plateau and the Highland Rim on the western slope of the plateau. The Collins River, a 108 km long tributary of the Cumberland River, flows north of Gruetli-Laager . Gruetli-Laager extends for several kilometers along the Tennessee Highway 108. West of Gruetli-Laager, the TN-108 cuts the Tennessee Highway 56. In 2000, 1,867 people lived in the place, spread over 720 households and 540 families.
history
Gruetli was founded in 1869 by German-speaking Swiss colonists. One of the driving forces behind this settlement was Peter Staub , a Swiss who lived in Knoxville . In 1880 there were 227 Swiss people in Grundy County, making the place the numerically largest Swiss colony in the state of Tennessee.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a railway line was built in the mountains east of Gruetli for various coal mines in the area. Laager (initially called Henley-Switch ) was founded in 1918 as a railway stopover. Gruetli and Laager then merged in 1980 to form the new municipality of Gruetli-Laager.
Web links
- factfinder2.census.gov Data from the US census
- swisshistoricalsociety.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tennesseeencyclopedia.net Greetings
- ^ Tennesseeencyclopedia.net Peter Staub