Screamer, Tennessee

Screamer is an unincorporated community in Maury County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

Screamer was so named in the 1840s on account of the frequent screaming of cougars.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Screamer, Tennessee
  2. Kennedy, Mark (Feb 19, 1989). "Speck-on-the-map towns in Tennessee". Herald-Journal. pp. C13. Retrieved 18 August 2015.


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