Fowlkes, Tennessee

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Fowlkes, Tennessee
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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]

Contents

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]

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.


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