Gruetli-Laager, Tennessee

Grundy County

47-31490

Gruetli - Laager is a town with 1813 inhabitants in Grundy County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It lies on the southern part of the Cumberland Plateau, about halfway between the Sequatchie Valley on the eastern slopes of the plateau and the Highland Rim, on the western slope of the plateau. North of Gruetli - Laager flows the Collins River, a 108 km long tributary of the Cumberland River. Gruetli - Laager extends over several kilometers along the Tennessee Highway 108 west of Gruetli - Laager intersects the TN -108 to Tennessee Highway 56 in 2000, lived in the town of 1867 people, spread over 720 households and 540 families.

History

Gruetli was founded in 1869 by German- Swiss settlers. One of the driving forces behind this settlement was Peter Staub, a Swiss who lived in Knoxville. 1880 227 Swiss lived in Grundy County and that was the place the most numerous Swiss colony in the state of Tennessee.

Beginning of the 20th century was built a railway line for various coal mining operations in the area in the mountains east of Gruetli. ( Initially called Henley- switch) Laager was founded in 1918 as a railroad stop. Gruetli Laager and then joined in 1980 to the new community Gruetli - Laager together.