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Tipton County is a county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee,in the Mississippi Delta region. As of the 2020 census,the population was 60,970. Its county seat is Covington. Tipton County,founded in 1823,is part of the Memphis,TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census,the population was 41,990. Its county seat is Somerville. The county was named after the Marquis de la Fayette,French hero of the American Revolution. A part of the Memphis,TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area,Fayette County is culturally alike to the Mississippi Delta and was a major area of cotton plantations dependent on slave labor in the nineteenth century.
Moscow is a city in Fayette County,Tennessee,United States. The population was 568 at the 2020 census,556 at the 2010 census,and 422 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Moscow,Russia,by its founder J. A. Dilliard to honor his wife Alexandra,a native of the Russian city,whom he met on a business trip to Russia in 1834. Moscow,Tennessee maintained close relations with Russia in the years leading to the Civil War,which led to Dilliard’s niece,Lucy Pickens born in La Grange,Tennessee,along with her husband serving as the US ambassador to Russia then after secession serving as Confederate representative to the Russian Emperor during the Civil War. Moscow is also known as the “Land Between Two Rivers,”due to its location after the Army Corps of Engineers rerouted the waterways,moving the main channel west to its current location.
Somerville is a town in Fayette County,Tennessee,United States. It is part of the Memphis metropolitan area. The population was 3,415 at the 2020 census,up from 3,094 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fayette County.
Ingram Macklin Stainback was an American politician. He served as the ninth Territorial Governor of Hawaii from 1942 to 1951.
John Tipton was from Tennessee and became a farmer in Indiana;an officer in the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe,and veteran officer of the War of 1812,in which he reached the rank of Brigadier General;and politician. He was elected to the Indiana General Assembly in 1819,and in 1831 as US Senator from the state of Indiana,serving until 1838. He was appointed as US Indian Agent and was selected to lead the militia in removing Menominee's band of Potawatomie in 1838;they were relocated to Kansas,Indian Territory.
Area code 901 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Memphis,Tennessee,and most of its inner-ring suburbs. It is the smallest numbering plan area in the state.
Charles Bryson Simonton was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.
The 8th congressional district of Tennessee is a congressional district in West Tennessee. It has been represented by Republican David Kustoff since January 2017. The district appears rural on a map,but the bulk of its vote is cast in the suburban and exurban areas around Memphis,such as Germantown,Bartlett,and Collierville,as well as Fayette and Tipton counties. This area boasts some of the highest median incomes in the state.
Dolores Gresham is a Republican politician from Tennessee. She is a former state senator. Gresham was elected to the Tennessee Senate in the 2008 elections after having served three terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. Senate District 26 encompassed the counties of Chester,Crockett,Fayette,Hardeman,Hardin,Haywood,McNairy and Wayne in the western part of the state.
State Route 59 is a state highway in Tennessee. It runs from the Mississippi River to just north of Somerville passing through Tipton and Fayette counties. Excluding the portion where it is concurrent with US 51 in Covington,which is 4-lane highway,it is a two-lane rural highway throughout its length and carries a 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) speed limit except when it passes through towns,in which case this speed limit can be significantly less.
The 1984 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 6,1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia,were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 11 electors to the Electoral College,which selected the president and vice president of the United States. Tennessee was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California,who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Reagan ran for a second time with incumbent Vice President and former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas,and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York,the first major female candidate for the vice presidency. Mondale performed better in Tennessee than any other state that was part of the Confederacy.
Barretville is an unincorporated community in Shelby County,Tennessee,United States,close to the border of Tipton County,and near the community of Rosemark. It has an elevation of 354 feet. The community is locally known for its once large number of domesticated peacocks,originally cared for by Sarah Louisa Barret.
Leigh Wilburn is an American lawyer and politician from Tennessee. A Republican,she served in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
The 1972 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 7,1972,as part of the 1972 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 10 representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Tennessee took place on November 2,1948,as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Tennessee voters chose 12 representatives,or electors,to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
Charles A. Stainback was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate. He was a segregationist.
State Route 194 is a 23.5-mile-long (37.8 km) north–south state highway in Fayette County,Tennessee,connecting Rossville with Braden via Macon and Oakland.
John William Boyd was an African-American ex-slave who became a lawyer. He served as a magistrate in Tipton County,Tennessee and served two terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1881 to 1884. He was a Republican.
William Baskerville Dortch was an American lawyer and politician from Fayette County,Tennessee who served two consecutive terms from 1853-1856 as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from Fayette County.
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