Fowlkes, Tennessee

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
Founded	1882
Area [1]
• Total	2.09 sq mi (5.42 km2)
• Land	2.09 sq mi (5.42 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	341 ft (104 m)
Population  (2020) [3]
• Total	882
• Density	421.40/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 ID	1284753 [2]

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

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

Census	Pop.	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. "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