Putnam County Airport (closed) – Cookeville TN

City:
Cookeville, TN

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Airports

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Description

The since-abandoned Putnam County Airport in Cookeville, Tennessee was built with Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) labor.

Tennessee Encyclopedia: “Some of Tennessee’s largest WPA projects reflected the arrival of the age of flight. WPA workers helped complete landing fields and airports at Jellico, Cookeville, Lebanon, Jackson, and Milan.”

A high school now occupies what had been the southern part of the airport.

Source notes

https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1534 https://www.members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/TN/Airfields_TN_E.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2017.

Location Info


Whiteaker Springs Road
Cookeville, TN

Coordinates: 36.196520, -85.487656

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