Eleanor Roosevelt visits the Cumberland Homesteads
Library of Congress photo
CUMBERLAND

County Seat: Crossville

During the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt tried many new things. Cumberland County contains what is left of one of his bolder experiments – a rural  resettlement area known as the Cumberland Homesteads. Built between 1932 and 1938, the homestead community consisted of homes, small farms, a factory, schools, an administration building, and other things that the community needed. Most of the structures still remain, but the venture was controversial and considered an economic failure. 


The tower at the Cumberland Homesteads

The government long since sold the land to private owners, and today there is a museum there called the Cumberland Homesteads Tower Museum. For a virtual tour of it and the rest of the Cumberland Homesteads, click here.
Ozone Falls

Another tidbit about Cumberland County: If you are driving through and want to see a great waterfall that is just off the highway, stop in at Ozone Falls, which is a short stroll from Highway 70.

And here's a view of the Cumberland County Clubhouse.

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