Fowlkes, Tennessee

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Fowlkes, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°58′14″N89°23′10″W / 35.97056°N 89.38611°W / 35.97056; -89.38611
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Dyer
Founded1882
Area
[1]
 • Total2.09 sq mi (5.42 km2)
 • Land2.09 sq mi (5.42 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
341 ft (104 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total882
 • Density421.40/sq mi (162.73/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38024 [4]
Area code 731
GNIS feature ID1284753 [2]

Fowlkes is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. [2]

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History

Originally founded as Fowlkes Station in 1882 by W.P. Fowlkes, the following year the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad was completed in Dyer County. The line for this railroad passed through the community of Fowlkes. By 1887, the community supported a school, a Methodist church, and multiple grist mills and cotton gins. [5] [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2020 882—
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Education

The school district is the Dyer County School District. [8] The zoned high school is Dyer County High School in Newbern.

Notes

  1. ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Fowlkes, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Fowlkes TN ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ Goodspeed's History of Tennessee. Nashville, TN: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1887. p. 850.
  6. ↑ "Goodspeed History - Dyer County". tn-roots.com. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dyer County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 6, 2024. - Text list

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