Edgar Evins State Park, a rustic state park of approximately 6,000 acres, was dedicated on August 2, 1975 by Governor Ray Blanton and Honorable B.R. Allison, Commissioner of Conservation for the State of Tennessee. It was built jointly by the U.S. Corps of Engineers and the State Department of Conservation and was named for Edgar Evins, a farmer, teacher, merchant, banker, businessman, conservationist, and civic and political leader of Smithville and DeKalb County, Tennessee. Here beauty and nature merge for environment to renew and refresh the spirit.