Archer, Tennessee

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Archer, Tennessee
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Archer, Tennessee
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Archer, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°19′41″N86°45′35″W / 35.32806°N 86.75972°W / 35.32806; -86.75972
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Marshall
Elevation
781 ft (238 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
37091
Area code 931
GNIS feature ID1310501 [1]

Archer is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. [1] It is located at the intersection of State Route 272 and State Route 129 between Cornersville and Petersburg.

History

A variant name was "Spring Place". [2] A post office called Spring Place was established in 1840, and closed in 1871; the Archer post office was in operation from 1887 until 1905. [3] The community was renamed in the late 19th century for one of its store owners, Archer Beasley. [4] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Archer, Tennessee
  2. 1 2 History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 899.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  4. Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 7.