Cullowhee community i Jackson county i North Carolina i USA

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n 1883, Roland A. Painter founded Painter Post Office, located in his store on the Old Cullowhee Road. Other businesses clustered there. The post office was renamed as ”Cullowhee” in 1908, taking over from another post office in the vicinity of nearby Forest Hills.

The present community developed at the site of a historic Cherokee town, which was centered around the earthwork Cullowhee Mound. The name was long thought to mean ”Valley of the Lilies.” In fact, it is derived from the Cherokee phrase joolth-cullah-wee, which translates as ”Judacullah's Place.” Judacullah, a giant warrior and hunter who the Cherokee believe lived in the area, is an important figure in their religion and culture.