Copperhill, TN

Copperhill is a city in Polk County, Tennessee, United States. The 2020 census counted 443 residents. Copperhill is included in the Cleveland Metropolitan Statistical Area. Copperhill is located in a geological region known as the Copper Basin, which was the site of a major copper mining operation between the 1840s and 1987. The through line in Copperhill is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Copperhill makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The town was originally known as McCays since it is directly across a river from McCaysville, Georgia. Copperhill includes the Gee Creek Wilderness on the Hiwassee River.