Jones Cove (Knoxville, Maryville, Sevierville: crime, houses, school)

[sthepoet]

Originally Posted by JR AND CHARLA

we lived in the sevierville area for three years,been thru jones cove many times,a few areas people do not take care of, but most was nice,never a problem-try living here in so. california,makes jones cove a beautiful place.

thanks for the info,never want to live in Cali, but as you liked the Jones Cove area.

[TnTrouble123]

I am afraid that anyone defending places like Jones Cove has just been local far too long and no longer objective. To direct anyone to buy a home there when relocating is selling them to the lions.
I live off Newport Hwy, near New Center. This is hard enough but when showing homes, realtors loved to try and sell the Jones Cove ones. They just didn't sell and for good reason.
They are everything negative everyone has said and if you know different, you know the exception. Most roads off Jones Cove Rd are downright scary, even in the daytime. The poverty level has to be through the roof, dogs run everywhere, hunters, (gunshots are normal) run down properties, the local paper has plenty of arrests of JC residents like the rest of the county...I actually hear good things about the school but what do I know, right?
I don't say the people are bad, I just say it is a very different way of life. It is remote and twisty, deep into the woods basically. There's pretty much one small store there and nope...they don't like or trust outsiders. There is no way emergency personnel could even make it that far back without leaving crumbs to find their way out, is there? Oh, and you dang sight better be goin to church if you live there. Isn't the nearest high school about 45 miles away or does it just seem that way? Sevier County is not for the sqeamish.

[Monicaabc]

[quote=gemthornton;1308738]

Originally Posted by KnoxBrian

Wasn't Deliverence filmed in Polk county near Copper Hill and Ducktown?

I hate to get back to the "Deliverance" angle again, but it was actually filmed in Tallulah Gorge in Tallulah, GA and on the Chattooga River dividing SC and GA. Although, the surroundings are as beautiful as they are in TN. Thankfully, it was a fictional story.

Sorry to butt in with this off-the-thread comment, but it seems to keep coming back.

No matter what the reference, I think we are all looking for the opinions of those who know various areas. Then, we can make of it as we wish. I'll stick to Blount and Knox counties.

The Dillard house in Dillard GA still has the autographed picture of Burt Reynolds and other cast members on the wall! My husband is from Clayton & actually knows people who were extras in the movie!!!

[JMT]

Originally Posted by Monicaabc

The Dillard house in Dillard GA still has the autographed picture of Burt Reynolds and other cast members on the wall! My husband is from Clayton & actually knows people who were extras in the movie!!!

That's really neat that your husband is from Clayton! That's such a beautiful area. My family has been going to the Dillard House since the 1930s. Even though the Dillard House is NOTHING like it used to be, I still prefer it to anything in Gatlinburg. I drive all the way from Knoxville to Dillard just for their apple butter!

[mbmouse]

[quote=JMT;1801974]

Originally Posted by Monicaabc

That's really neat that your husband is from Clayton! That's such a beautiful area. My family has been going to the Dillard House since the 1930s. Even though the Dillard House is NOTHING like it used to be, I still prefer it to anything in Gatlinburg. I drive all the way from Knoxville to Dillard just for their apple butter!

Is that is same Dillard house that is just south of Murphy NC?

[JMT]

[quote=mbmouse;1802125]

Originally Posted by JMT

Is that is same Dillard house that is just south of Murphy NC?

That's it! It's in north Georgia just a few hundred yards from the NC state line. It's directly south of Franklin NC which isn't too far from Murphy NC. It's got a gigantic restaurant that serves country cooking that is definitely worth the drive.

[Suzanne45]

[quote=JMT;1802149]

Originally Posted by mbmouse

That's it! It's in north Georgia just a few hundred yards from the NC state line. It's directly south of Franklin NC which isn't too far from Murphy NC. It's got a gigantic restaurant that serves country cooking that is definitely worth the drive.

Would you supply directions from 321 in Maryville. We will be spending a week in M'ville at Thanksgiving. Would love to visit Dillards. Thanks much.

[JMT]

[quote=Suzanne1945;1802239]

Originally Posted by JMT

Would you supply directions from 321 in Maryville. We will be spending a week in M'ville at Thanksgiving. Would love to visit Dillards. Thanks much.

That's a good one. I'm not sure of the easiest way to get from Maryville to Dillard. Do NOT take 129 over the mountains, it's a beautiful drive but torturous with something like 8000 curves in the road (a slight exaggeration, but it'll seem like it).

Just check with mapquest and see how it directs you to get from Maryville TN to Dillard GA. Its directions will probably be more reliable than mine.

[gemkeeper]

[quote=JMT;1802149]

Originally Posted by mbmouse

That's it! It's in north Georgia just a few hundred yards from the NC state line. It's directly south of Franklin NC which isn't too far from Murphy NC. It's got a gigantic restaurant that serves country cooking that is definitely worth the drive.

Somehow, I got tangled in this thread in one of JMT's posts that sounds like I said that my husband was born in Clayton, GA. Hmmmm. Don't know what happened there, but last time I asked him, he was born in Bethlehem, PA!

I did comment earlier that the movie Deliverance was filmed in Tallulah Gorge a few miles south of Dillard and Clayton, GA. In fact, some of the crew and cast stayed at the Dillard House while filming there. Just an interesting fact on a truly beautiful part of the SE. If you ever have the opportunity, try to visit the gorge. Breathtaking!

Georgia State Parks - Tallulah Gorge State Park

Dillard House, Dillard, Georgia

[JMT]

Originally Posted by gemthornton

Somehow, I got tangled in this thread in one of JMT's posts that sounds like I said that my husband was born in Clayton, GA. Hmmmm. Don't know what happened there, but last time I asked him, he was born in Bethlehem, PA!

I did comment earlier that the movie Deliverance was filmed in Tallulah Gorge a few miles south of Dillard and Clayton, GA. In fact, some of the crew and cast stayed at the Dillard House while filming there. Just an interesting fact on a truly beautiful part of the SE. If you ever have the opportunity, try to visit the gorge. Breathtaking!

Georgia State Parks - Tallulah Gorge State Park

Dillard House, Dillard, Georgia

Sorry about that! For some reason it looked like I was quoting you instead of monicaabc. I made the change.

But you're right, Tallulah Gorge is beautiful!! It's the jewel in Georgia's state parks system.