WARREN COUNTY

Twin Falls
County Seat: McMinnville
In this corner of Tennessee you will find a breathtaking waterfall with a bizarre story behind it. The waterfall is known as Twin Falls; it comes gushing out of a cliff in Warren County and tumbles into the waters of Caney Fork River, which serves as the boundary between Warren and White counties. The strange thing about Twin Falls is that it was man-made; the falls didn't used to exist, but water began pouring out of the side of the mountain shortly after the Tennessee Electric Power Co. completed Great Falls Dam in 1916.
The Great Falls Dam
The dam, you see, caused the water level of the Collins River to rise several feet. When it did, water from the Collins River began finding its way through the mountain that separates it from the Caney Fork River.
A nursery in Warren County
Meanwhile, county seat McMinnville has so many places to buy trees (known as nurseries) that it is known as “Nursery Capital of the World.” Many of the stores that sell trees in Tennessee actually get them from wholesalers in Warren County. So if you see someone planting a tree near your house, chances are it might be a native of Warren County.
Carl Rowan
PHOTO: U.S. Department of State

Warren County is also the native home of one of the most famous African-American journalists in American history, Carl Rowan. Click here for more information about him.


And here is the Warren County Courthouse in McMinnville.

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