Lone Mountain; photo
taken 1991 by Phillip A. Walker
Lone Mountain, in Claiborne
County, Tennessee, currently falls within the New
Tazewell Post Office area. There is an actual mountain
which extends into other counties, pictured at right,
but there were also a wider community. As usual, the
exact area covered by the name seems to have changed
over time, but it seems to have encompassed at one time
or another modern Lone Mountain Road, at least from
east of Sandlick to Bear Creek Road and including several
other modern roads in the area. The Claiborne County
side of Walker's Ford
may also have been considered a part at one time.
The Walkers began moving to the area in the 1840s and
eventually, a majority of people living on or near the
mountain seem to have either been Walkers or to have
had children who married into the Walkers. Lone Mountain
had one of the few railroad stations in the area, but
a fire in the 1930s, the building of Norris Dam, and
another fire in 1959 finished off the city proper.
John Jennings Kivett, in 1994, wrote a series of articles
in the Claiborne Progress about the history of
Lone Mountain which Joe Payne has included on his Web
site. Visit the link at "More".
