Coker Creek, TN

Coker Creek is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Tennessee, United States. Coker Creek lies in the southern Appalachian Mountains completely surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest, and just west of the Tennessee-North Carolina state line. Tellico Mountain lies to the north, Farner Mountain to the south, Unicoi Mountain to the east, and Cataska Mountain to the west. Monroe County Schools operates public schools. Coker Creek School serves the community. In Coker Creek, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture.

The map tells the story in Coker Creek, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Coker Creek was Cherokee land prior to the Cherokee removal in 1838 and was known even in the early twentieth century as "Coco" or "Coqua," the Cherokee name for butterfly weed. Archaeological evidence suggests the presence of a stone tool factory during the Archaic Period. Coker Creek is home to rhododendron, laurel, ferns.