Irving College, Tennessee

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Irving College, Tennessee
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Irving College, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°35′02″N85°42′47″W / 35.58389°N 85.71306°W / 35.58389; -85.71306 Coordinates: 35°35′02″N85°42′47″W / 35.58389°N 85.71306°W / 35.58389; -85.71306
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Warren
Elevation
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945 ft (288 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
37110
Area code(s) 931
GNIS feature ID1289058 [1]

Irving College is an unincorporated community in Warren County, Tennessee, United States. [1] It is concentrated around the intersection of Tennessee State Route 56 (Beersheba Highway), Dry Creek Road, and Hills Creek Road, south of McMinnville. Irving College Elementary School is located within the community, [2] and numerous plant nurseries operate in the vicinity. The Collins River passes just east of the community, and ridges that mark the outer edges of the Cumberland Plateau surround the community to the east, south, and west.

The community is named after a college that served the area from 1838 to 1890. The college was named in honor of Washington Irving. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Irving College, Tennessee
  2. Irving College Elementary, Warren County Schools website. Retrieved: 11 August 2015.
  3. Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 107.