Difficult, Tennessee

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Difficult, Tennessee
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Difficult, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°22′09″N85°53′32″W / 36.36917°N 85.89222°W / 36.36917; -85.89222
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Smith
Elevation
538 ft (164 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
37145
Area code 615
GNIS feature ID1306346 [1]

Difficult is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee, in the United States. [1] It lies just north of State Route 85, about halfway between Defeated to the south and Kempville to the east. Defeated Creek, a tributary of the Cumberland River, passes through the community.

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History

One version of the name's origin holds that when residents applied for a post office, the application was returned because the preferred name was "too difficult". [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Difficult, Tennessee
  2. ↑ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 62. ISBN   0-253-21478-5.
  3. ↑ Kennedy, Mark (February 19, 1989). "Speck-on-the-map towns in Tennessee". Herald-Journal. pp. C13. Retrieved August 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 34.


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