Near Cookeville in Jackson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Cummins Falls
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2012
1. Cummins Falls Marker
This scenic treasure is located on the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River, a tributary of the Roaring River State Scenic River, which flows into the Cumberland River/Cordell Hull Watershed. It is the eighth-largest waterfall In Tennessee in volume of water, and is one of the best swimming holes in North America. This land was acquired by John Cummins in about 1830. From 1845-1928 this was the location of the historic Cummins Mill. This land was continuously owned by the Cummins family for more than 180 years. Availability of the land was facilitated by fifth generation owners: Carl, James and David Cummins. The Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation, a statewide non-profit organization, acquired Cummins Falls by recruiting conservation buyers Dr. Glenn Hall, Mary Lynn Dobson and Robert D. McCaleb to temporarily secure the land. Through fundraising efforts by the Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation, support from the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and a partnership with the State of Tennessee, Cummins Falls was purchased and designated as a public park in 2011 by Governor Bill Haslam.
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Location. 36° 15.195′ N, 85° 33.966′ W. Marker is near Cookeville, Tennessee, in Jackson County. It can be reached from Cummins Falls Lane half a mile west of Blackburn Fork Road when traveling east. Marker is located on the west side of the Cummins Falls State Park Visitor's Center parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 390 Cummins Falls Lane, Cookeville TN 38501, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee and in the Highland Rim. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spring Creek Baptist Church (approx. 2.6 miles away); Twelve Corner Church (approx. 3.1 miles away); Old Shipley Barn (approx. 4½ miles away); Flynn Creek Impact Crater (approx. 5.9 miles away); Walton Road - Old Burnt Stand (approx. 6.2 miles away); Dixie College (approx. 6½ miles away); P.M. Smith Building (approx. 6.9 miles away); 1907 and 1909 Views of the Cookeville Train Depot (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cookeville.
Also see . . . Cummins Falls State Park History.
Cummins Falls rich history(Submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)includes a time when Indians used the area to track the numerous buffalo that wallowed in the rivers shallow areas. In the 1790s, Sergeant Blackburn, a veteran of the Revolutionary War and for whom the Blackburn Fork State Scenic River was named, was awarded the land in lieu of a pension. The land was acquired by John Cummins in 1825, and he used the land to build the first of two mills. Because of his growing clientele, a larger second mill was built in 1845.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 20122. Cummins Falls Marker(looking west from Cummins Falls State Park parking lot) The mill was washed away during the great flood of 1928, but cars and paved highways had already begun to make the trek to Cummins Falls more accessible. The mill was not rebuilt but the land stayed with the Cummins family for more than 180 years until efforts by the Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation to purchase the land through private and public donations for resale to the state of Tennessee.
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2012
3. Cummins Falls State Park Entrance
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 5, 2012
4. Cummins Falls
Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,274 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 13, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
