Silver Point is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, Tennessee, United States.

Geography

Silver Point is mostly scattered around the intersection of

Tennessee State Route 141 State Route 141 (SR 141) is an east–west highway in Middle Tennessee. The road begins southeast of Westmoreland, Tennessee, Westmoreland and ends in Silver Point, Tennessee, Silver Point. The current length is . SR 141 is one of very few st ...

, Tennessee State Route 56, and Interstate 40, about halfway between

Cookeville Cookeville is the county seat and largest city of Putnam County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was reported to be 34,842. It is recognized as one of the country's micropolitan areas, or smaller ...

and Smithville.Silver Point, Tennessee
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Landmarks

Notable features include the National Register of Historic Places-listed

West End Church of Christ Silver Point The West End Church of Christ Silver Point is a folk vernacular brick church in the unincorporated community of Silver Point, Tennessee, United States. A primarily African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans an ...

. Edgar Evins State Park and Center Hill Lake are also nearby.

Climate

Silver Point's climate is humid subtropical ( Köppen ''Cfa'',

Trewartha Trewartha and Andrewartha are Cornish family names (and placename, Dexter). There are places called Trewartha in the parishes of Merther, St Agnes, St Neot and Veryan. According to the ''Handbook of Cornish Names'' by G. Pawley White, "Trew ...

''Cf''), giving the area mild winters and hot, humid summers.

Notable people

Notable natives include journalist

Christine Sadler Christine Sadler (1902–1983), born in Silver Point, Putnam County, Tennessee, was an American writer, journalist, and magazine editor. Biography Christine Sadler received her undergraduate degree from Peabody College (now an affiliate of Va ...

and her brother

James C. Sadler James Calvin Sadler (February 9, 1920 – September 2, 2005) was an American meteorologist, and a professor in tropical meteorology at the University of Hawaii, where he taught for 22 years. He is considered one of the pioneers of tropical meteorol ...

References

Unincorporated communities in Putnam County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{PutnamCountyTN-geo-stub