The Scarboro Community

The Scarboro Community is a Tennessee historical marker in Anderson County.

Anderson Co, on west side of Community Scarboro Rd., about 1,200 ft. northwest of its junction w/Bethel Valley Rd.

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The Scarboro Community was founded by three brothers in the early 1790s. Jonathan, David and James Scarborough traveled from Virginia and settled here. Scarboro was one of four area communities that predated Oak Ridge. The community remained largely unchanged until 1942, when the creation of the secret Oak Ridge facility meant dispersal of the community.

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1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map VII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Loudon, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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The Scarboro Community

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