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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 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.
Meanwhile, county seat McMinnville has
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. |
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