Eagan, Tennessee

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Eagan, Tennessee
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Eagan
Coordinates: 36°33′07″N83°58′37″W / 36.55194°N 83.97694°W / 36.55194; -83.97694
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Claiborne
Campbell
Elevation
1,089 ft (332 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37730
Area code 423
GNIS feature ID1283282 [1]

Eagan is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County and Campbell County, Tennessee, in the Cumberland Mountains of the southeastern United States. [1] It lies along State Route 90 just west of Clairfield in the Clearfork Valley. A former coal mining town, Eagan was likely named for either a mining company official or a minister. [2]

Eagan is home to several small business, churches, and a community center, the Clearfork Community Institute. [3] It also has its own post office, with ZIP code 37730. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Eagan, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 67.
  3. Georgiana Vines, "For More Than 40 Years, a Former Nun From New York Has Helped Appalachian Communities," Knoxville News Sentinel, March 27, 2010.
  4. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.