Norris Dam is nearby.

The town's current name was adopted in 1936 after the completion of Norris Dam formed an artificial lake above the dam.

The construction of Norris Dam began on October 1, 1933 and its gates were closed on March 4, 1936.

Norris Dam is a straight concrete gravity-type dam.

Norris Dam was completed and the gates closed on March 4, 1936, constructed at a cost of $36 million.

The construction of Norris Dam and Pickwick Landing Dam began during his tenure.

In the 1930s, the building of Norris Dam and the changes it brought to the region inspired films, books, stage plays, and songs.

While he was an infant, Irwin and his family were forced to move because their land would be appropriated and flooded for the Norris Dam.

The construction of Norris Dam, the first dam built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, brought major changes to the county in the 1930s.

The species was thought to be extinct when it was described in 1969; thirty years after the Norris Dam on the Clinch River became operational.