Crossville

The city has its roots in the intersection of a branch of the Great Stage Road, which connected the Knoxville area with the Nashville area and was frequently traveled by President Andrew Jackson; and the Kentucky Stock Road, a cattle drover's' path connecting Middle Tennessee with Kentucky. Around 1800, an early European-American settler named Samuel Lambeth opened a store at this junction, and the small community that developed around it became known as "Lambeth's Crossroads". By the time a post office was established in the 1830s, the community had taken the name of "Crossville."