Denmark, Tennessee

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Denmark, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Denmark, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°31′58″N89°00′14″W / 35.53278°N 89.00389°W / 35.53278; -89.00389
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Madison
Elevation
459 ft (140 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38391
Area code 731
GNIS feature ID1282335 [1]

Denmark is an unincorporated community and former city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States roughly 14 miles southwest of Jackson. [1] The zip code is 38391. [2] Although it was once a thriving farming community, a combination of man-made and natural disasters has reduced Denmark to a few remaining houses and the historic antebellum Denmark Presbyterian Church. Due to this, the Denmark municipality charter was revoked in 1983 and is now unincorporated. [3]

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History

Denmark was one of the first-settled places in Madison County. The land on which it was incorporated in 1854 was opened by Thomas Sanders in 1822. Presbyterian and Methodist churches were established in the area in 1833 and 1842. [4] By January 1844, the community had been sufficiently populated that the Tennessee General Assembly incorporated an academy for education of white boys. [5] Prior to the Civil War, Denmark flourished and rivaled neighboring Jackson in size. [3]

During the American Civil War, Union soldiers repulsed a Confederate raid near Denmark in the Battle of Britton's Lane in September 1862. [6] [7] Union troops occupied Tennessee from that year to the end of the war.

Following the Civil War, Denmark's economy experienced a pronounced decline because the town was bypassed by all of the railroads built through Madison County. Although its population was about 250 in 1886, [4] Denmark's population declined dramatically in the following decades. On April 28, 1983, its municipal charter was revoked by a chancery court order after the Tennessee legislature passed a statute providing for the forfeiting of charters of any city with a population under 100. [8]

The local high school, chartered in 1885, [4] was merged into South Side High School in Jackson in 1992. [9] The local middle school was disestablished, and its campus was developed for the West Tennessee Regional Training Center. [10] Denmark Elementary is the community's only remaining school. [11]

Destructive weather

Denmark has suffered repeated weather catastrophes that have contributed to the community's decline. [3] A devastating tornado on October 14, 1909, accompanied by a thunderstorm and subsequent fires, inflicted immense damage. [12] Another tornado, in 2003, was as destructive as the one nearly a century before. [13]

Climate

Denmark's climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Denmark has a Humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. [14]

Climate data for Denmark, Tennessee
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)9
(48)		12
(53)		17
(62)		22
(72)		27
(80)		31
(88)		33
(91)		32
(90)		29
(84)		23
(74)		16
(61)		11
(51)		22
(71)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)−2
(29)		0
(32)		4
(40)		9
(49)		14
(58)		19
(66)		21
(69)		20
(68)		16
(60)		9
(48)		4
(39)		0
(32)		9
(49)
Average precipitation mm (inches)120
(4.6)		110
(4.3)		130
(5)		130
(5)		130
(5.3)		110
(4.3)		110
(4.4)		76
(3)		89
(3.5)		81
(3.2)		120
(4.7)		130
(5)		1,340
(52.6)
Source: Weatherbase [14]

Notable people

Two mystery novels take place in part in a fictional version of Denmark: Such Vicious Minds: A Murder Mystery Featuring Elvis Presley by Daniel Klein, and Something Rotten by Alan Gratz.

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References

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  2. ↑ United States Postal Service. "Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Tennessee Encyclopedia. "Madison County" . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing. 1886.
  5. ↑ "Chapter LXXXVI: An act to incorporate the Denmark male academy in the county of Madison," in Acts Passed at the First Session of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee 1843–44. Nashville: L. Gifford and E. G. Eastman, Prs., 1844; pp. 101–102.
  6. ↑ waymarking.com. "Battle of Britton's Lane" . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Big Black Creek Historical Association. "The Battle of Britton's Lane" . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Part 3: Forfeiture of Charter: 6-52-301 through 6-52-304" Tennessee Code Annotated, Volume 2B, 2011 Replacement. Nashville: Tennessee Code Commission, 2011; pp. 221–223.
  9. ↑ Jackson-Madison County School System. "About The School". Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Training center is supposed to be a 'money saver,' not a 'moneymaker,' Mehr says". The Jackson Sun . June 23, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  11. ↑ Jackson-Madison County School System. "Denmark Elementary School" . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  12. ↑ The Ogdensburg Journal (October 16, 1909). "Forty Is Death Toll of Storm" (PDF). Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  13. ↑ Coggins, Allen R. (2012). Tennessee Tragedies: Natural, Technological, and Societal Disasters in the Volunteer State. University of Tennessee Press. p. 73.
  14. 1 2 weatherbase.com. "Denmark, Tennessee" . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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