Fordtown, Tennessee

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Fordtown
Unincorporated community
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Fordtown
Coordinates: 36°27′10.4″N82°30′12.5″W / 36.452889°N 82.503472°W / 36.452889; -82.503472
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Sullivan
Elevation
1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37663
Area code 423
GNIS feature ID1303455 [1]

Fordtown is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, [1] located south of Colonial Heights. This community's name was adopted due to the number of people with the Ford surname who lived in the area. [2] [3] Country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) was born in Fordtown. [4] The community is accessed by the road named after it, Fordtown Road.

References

  1. 1 2 "Fordtown, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 78. ISBN   0-253-21478-5.
  3. ↑ Tennis, Joe (2008). Sullivan County. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 80. ISBN   978-0-7385-5409-9.
  4. ↑ "Ford, Ernie "Tennessee"".


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