Fly, Tennessee

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Fly, Tennessee
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Fly, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°47′22″N87°9′31″W / 35.78944°N 87.15861°W / 35.78944; -87.15861 Coordinates: 35°47′22″N87°9′31″W / 35.78944°N 87.15861°W / 35.78944; -87.15861
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Maury
Elevation
650 ft (200 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38482
Area code 931
GNIS feature ID1284532 [1]

Fly is an unincorporated community in Maury County, Tennessee. It is along the Natchez Trace Parkway, south of Nashville. [2] The small valley known as Fly Hollow is between Fly and the Natchez Trace. [3]

In the early 19th century a number of Fly family members, mostly from North Carolina, moved to this part of Tennessee near the Natchez Trace on Leipers Creek, a tributary of the Duck River. After a rail line was built through the area the settlement was called Fly's Station. The local store is still called Fly's Store. [4]

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References

  1. "Fly, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fly
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fly Hollow
  4. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 78. ISBN   978-0-253-33984-3.