The ford was on or near land owned by Abner Mansfield Tims, an early Franklin County settler.

The camping is primitive with no facilities and is managed by Tims Ford State Park.

Winchester (which is the Franklin County seat), Decherd, Estill Springs, Tullahoma, and Lynchburg.

Tims Ford Dam was TVA’s first hydroelectric facility retrofitted with a small generating unit for the purpose of maintaining instantaneous downstream minimum flows.

Additionally, 85,400 cubic yards of concrete make up Tims Ford Dam.