Near Crossville in Cumberland County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Camp Crossville

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020

1. Camp Crossville Marker

Inscription. Opened in November 1942, one of the first prisoner of war camps during World War II, Camp Crossville housed over 1,500 German and Italian prisoners of war. Designated for officers, the camp held General Pietro Gazzeri, one of the Italian army's highest ranking officers. Also housed here were German officers of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's famed Afrika Korps. Camp Crossville was located on the Cumberland Plateau, nine miles west of Crossville on the site of the Civilian Conservation Corps camp. It closed in December 1945.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 2C 21.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1942.

Location. 35° 55.212′ N, 85° 7.059′ W. Marker is near Crossville, Tennessee, in Cumberland County. It is on POW Camp Road 0.1 miles north of 4-H Center Drive, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2764 Pow Camp Rd, Crossville TN 38572, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: “Red Fox” Flynn (approx. 4.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away); Cumberland County Honor Roll

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(approx. 5½ miles away); In Remembrance of the Korean War (approx. 5½ miles away); Cumberland County Civil War Veterans Memorial (approx. 5½ miles away); Milo Lemert Memorial Building (approx. 5½ miles away); Cumberland County at War (approx. 5½ miles away); Built in 1938 (approx. 5½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crossville.

Also see . . . Former German soldier recalls life at Crossville POW camp. From the July, 2015 issue of The Tennessee Magazine. (Submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 16, 2020

2. Camp Crossville Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,366 times since then and 197 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.