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270:: Inhabited verified community, which are always kept. The mention in the 2001 Tennessee place names book and the county road map seems sufficient. Its not simply some marketing-created not-built subdivision of log cabins inside some larger CDP or town. Not sure whether "Top O' The World" is better name.--
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Chestnut Tops, a gated community that's part of (and typical of) the Top of the World development. In its history section, it states the area was purchased in the 1960s by Jourleman and Headrick. I couldn't find anything on Jourleman, but I determined the "Headrick" refers to a
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Not a notable place. Contrary to the article's description of it as an "unincorporated community", this seems to be a landowner's promotional name for a resort real estate property. "Top of the World
Estates" is the only relevant listing in GNIS. It is described in GNIS as a "locale", which is
398:: I was a bit puzzled when this was created. It is essentially a resort property as Orlady describes it. If we opt to keep, the lede should be reworded to reflect what it actually is. Calling it an "unincorporated community" along the lines of nearby Walland or Happy Valley is misleading.
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On what basis are you concluding its a resort? The websites are crappy looking, and the occasional references to it in local press don't make it sound swanky, just a community which is distinct geographically from other
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Charles Headrick gave the community its name. There was likely no zoning in a remote area like that in the 1960s, so they had free rein to sell
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