Difficult, Tennessee

Difficult, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Buildings and houses in Difficult
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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 ID	1306346 [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.

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]}

References

1. 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.

External links

• Media related to Difficult, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons