Belle Eagle, Tennessee


Belle Eagle is an unincorporated rural community in Northern Haywood County, Tennessee. Belle Eagle is located seven miles north of Brownsville on Tennessee State Route 54. The Green, Herd, Lee, Lewis, Macon, Mullen, Parks, Taylor, Thornton, Walker, and Williams families were among the early settlers. Some of the land was developed as early as 1820. Much of the area remains in large family farms.
Businesses through the years included:
Members of the original families still living in Belle Eagle in 2008 were Bishop, Jameson, Lee, Lewis, Mann, Macon, Roberts, Sorrelle, Sikes, Wiggington and White.
A volunteer fire department is housed in the old one-room Bradford school building which was closed when all schools were consolidated in Brownsville.