Soddy-Daisy is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 13,070 at the 2020 census and estimated to be 13,619 in 2022. The city was formed in 1969 gone the communities of Soddy (to the north) and Daisy (to the south), along with user-friendly developed areas along U.S. Highway 27, merged to form Soddy-Daisy. It is becoming a bedroom community of friendly Chattanooga and is portion of the Chattanooga Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sequoyah Nuclear Generating Station is located in Soddy-Daisy.

Soddy-Daisy is an incorporated city, comprising the former Tennessee cities of Soddy and Daisy. It has frequently been noted upon lists of odd place names.

Soddy-Daisy was house to Hamilton County’s first courthouse and government seat, Poe’s Tavern. The tavern, built in 1819, was the house of Soddy-Daisy resident Hasten Poe. In 1838, the tavern served as a pretentiousness station for 1,900 Cherokees who were upon the Trail of Tears. During the Civil War, Poe’s Tavern served as a hospital for both Union and Confederate troops. Though the indigenous Poe’s Tavern was torn the length of in 1911, the city of Soddy Daisy has reconstructed a replica of the building a block away from the indigenous site.

There are two popular stories virtually how the city of Soddy got its name. The first is that the word “Soddy” is an anglicization of Tsati, a shorter form of the Cherokee word ᎠᏂ ᎫᏌᏘ Ᏹ (Ani-Kusati-yi), referring to the Muskogean Koasati people who lived there in the 18th century prior to Cherokee migration to the area after 1776. The second theory is that Soddy was named for William Sodder, who ran a trading name in the city. Others allegation that Soddy’s broadcast is a hint to Soddy Creek, which is believed to have originated from the Cherokee word Sauta, which is derived from Echota. Soddy was a very small town until the Soddy Coal Company began mining in 1867.