Whites Creek, Tennessee

{{short description|Neighborhood of Batesville, Tennessee, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Whites Creek

| settlement_type = Neighborhood

| image_skyline = Old Bank and Centre Star Lodge 1870s.jpg

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| image_caption = Old Bank and Centre Star Lodge

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| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption = Location of Coopertown in Robertson County, Tennessee.

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Tennessee

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Davidson

| timezone = Central (CST)

| utc_offset = -6

| timezone_DST = CDT

| utc_offset_DST = -5

| coordinates = {{Coord|36|15|57|N|86|49|51|W|region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = Zip code

| postal_code = 37189

| area_code = 615, 629

| pushpin_map = USA Tennessee#USA

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Tennessee##Location within the United States

| pushpin_label = Whites Creek

}}{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Whites Creek Historic District

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| built = 1830s

| architect = Multiple

| architecture = {{plainlist|

• Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture
• Bungalow architecture
• Craftsman architecture
• Late-Victorian}}

| added = August 16, 1984

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}}Whites Creek is a neighborhood of Davidson County in the U.S. state of Tennessee.{{cite gnis|1274455|Whites Creek|September 20, 2023}} It is governed by the Metropolitan Council of Nashville and Davidson County, because the government of Davidson County is consolidated with that of Nashville.

The community is named for the creek of the same name running north–south along U.S. Route 431.

Whites Creek Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, Tennessee on July 18, 1980.{{cite web |title=National Register Digital Assets - Whites Creek Historic District |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/84003530 |access-date=8 December 2022 |website=npgallery |publisher=National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior}} It has some of the best preserved examples of the architectural and historical significance of this era in Middle Tennessee.{{Cite book |last=Graves |first=John |title=Northwest Davidson County / The Land - It's People |publisher=John P. Graves |year=1975 |location=Nashville,TN |pages=38–39 |language=English}}

Whites Creek Comprehensive High School is the community's only high school. The school is a part of the Metro Nashville Public Schools system.