Lenox, Tennessee
Lenox is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. Its ZIP code is 38047.
History
In 1887, the community, then known as Coon Creek, hosted a Union Baptist Church. A post office was established in 1888, with Giles James serving as the first postmaster. In 1904, the Dyersburg Northern Railroad was chartered to connect Dyersburg to Tiptonville in Lake County. The line was constructed on the western edge of the community.
Education
The school district is the Dyer County School District. The zoned high school is Dyer County High School in Newbern.
Notes
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ "Lenox, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Goodspeeds History of Tennessee. Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1899.
- ^ "Daily Bulletin of the Order Affecting the United States Postal service". Vol. 9, no. 2651. Washington, D.C.: United States Postal Service. September 29, 1888.
- ^ Poor, Henry V (1910). Manual of the Railroads of the United States for 1910 (XXXXIII ed.). New York, NY: HV and HW Poor. p. 598.
- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dyer County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 6, 2024. - Text list
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