Chuckey, Tennessee

The defunct East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad formerly had a station in Chuckey. The current brick train depot, built by the Southern Railway in 1906, The bricks used to construct the mansion were all hand-fired on the farm. Both Lawrence Glaze Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, died from an illness in 1849 before the house was to be completed. ==Truffle cultivation==

The first U.S. truffle orchard to successfully produce commercial quantities of culinary-quality black Périgord truffles is located in Chuckey. Tom Michaels, who had written a Ph.D. thesis on truffle cultivation, started cultivating truffles in the area in 2000 after observing that the area's limestone soil was similar to the soil of the Périgord region of France, where black truffles are native. In 2007, the first year that truffles were harvested from the orchard, it included 2,500 hazelnut trees growing on of land. of truffles were produced in the first year. ==Education==

Chuckey Elementary School is located in Chuckey. Chuckey-Doak Middle School and Chuckey-Doak High School are the feeder schools for Chuckey Elementary. They are both located in nearby Afton. ==Notable residents==

• Glenn D. Broyles, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1969 to 1972, lived in Chuckey. • Ricky Morton, American professional wrestler, operates a wrestling academy in Chuckey. ==References==