Since the late 1700’s, Monteagle Mountain has been a gateway to the communities of the Southern Cumberland Plateau because it is the narrowest place on the plateau between Chattanooga and Nashville. Centrally located between Nashville and Chattanooga, it has always been the perfect shopping point for many visitors traveling through Tennessee. Monteagle sits on top of a two-mile-wide area of the Cumberland Mountains. Its history begins with a 5,000 acre grant to John Bostick in 1892 and a 2,000 acre grant to Basil Summers. Around 1825, the railroad was built extending first from Cowan to Sewanee, and then on to Palmer. It was on this railroad in May, 1870 that John Moffat, a native of Scotland, came to the mountain. He was a commissioner of the Immigration Office and was on his way to the Swiss Colony. When his train stopped near the present site of Monteagle, he walked on the Stagecoach Road to the north side of the mountain. He saw such beauty that he later settled in present Monteagle with his wife and children. The settlement where Moffat’s house was located became known as Moffat Station. It later became Moffat, then Mount Eagle, Mounteagle, and finally present-day Monteagle. In 1962, the citizens of Monteagle voted to be incorporated.
Town Hall
Fire and Rescue
Grundy County Convenience Center
Household trash is accepted
17943 SR 56
(931) 692-4272
May Justice Memorial Library
24 Dixie Lee Avenue
(931) 924-2638
Monteagle City Hall
16 Dixie Lee Avenue
P.O. Box 127
(931) 924-2265
Monteagle Mountain Chamber of Commerce
16 Dixie Lee Avenue
P.O. Box 353
(931) 924-5353
mmtnchamber@blomand.net
Monteagle Police Department
173 College Street
(931) 924-2077
All emergencies, dial 911
Monteagle Water Treatment Plant
(931) 924-2708
Monteagle Wastewater Disposal Plant
(931) 924-3146
Monteagle Convenience Center
800 Trussell Road
(931) 924-3066
Emerald-Hodgson Hospital
1260 University Avenue, Sewanee
(931) 924-2051
Central E-911
(931) 924-2077
Monteagle Elementary School
120 E. Main Street
(931) 924-2136
Harton Park
College Street
Playground, picnic tables, restrooms
Hannah Pickett Memorial Park
16 Dixie Lee Avenue
Pavilion, gazebo, playground, walking trails and restrooms
Monteagle Ball Park
Dixie Lee Avenue
South Cumberland Recreation Area
11745 US 41
Walking trails, playground, tennis, volleyball, baseball, picnic area and restrooms
Senior Neighbors
24 Dixie Lee Avenue
(931) 924-3258
Monteagle Community Center
24 Dixie Lee Avenue
To rent call City Hall – (931) 924-2265
