Jacks Creek, Tennessee

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Jacks Creek, Tennessee
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Jacks Creek, Tennessee
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Jacks Creek, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°28′7″N88°31′15″W / 35.46861°N 88.52083°W / 35.46861; -88.52083 Coordinates: 35°28′7″N88°31′15″W / 35.46861°N 88.52083°W / 35.46861; -88.52083
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Chester
Area
[1]
  Total0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2)
  Land0.99 sq mi (2.56 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
463 ft (141 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total81
  Density81.82/sq mi (31.60/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38347
Area code 731
GNIS feature ID1289172 [3]

Jacks Creek (or Jack's Creek) is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Tennessee, United States. [3] [4]

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History

The area was settled in the 1820s. [5] There are multiple legends about the source of the name of the creek running through the community which bears its name. They agree only in that the "Jack" after whom it was named was a young African-American slave boy, who either drowned in the creek, discovered the excellence of its water, or was captured by Indians on its banks. [6]

There were two minor incidents near Jacks Creek during the Civil War: a skirmish one mile north of town, on September 12, 1863; and a one-day battle one mile south of town involving a Confederate unit under Nathan Bedford Forrest and United States Army troops out of Corinth, Mississippi, on December 23, 1863. [7]

In 1937 the community became the site of the Jack's Creek Intermediate Landing Field, an airport on the flight line between Nashville and Memphis that was designated as an emergency landing field. At one time it was the second largest landing field in the United States, with two runways, a beacon light and a radio control tower. During World War II the airfield was used by the U.S. Army Air Force as a practice site. [5]

Geography

The community is concentrated around the intersection Tennessee State Route 100 and Tennessee State Route 22A, east of Henderson and south of Lexington. It has an elevation of 515 ft. Its zip code is 38347. [8]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.
2020 81
U.S. Decennial Census [9]

Today

Jacks Creek is home to the Jacks Creek Church of Christ [10] and Jacks Creek Elementary School. [11] Jacks Creek also has its own Post Office as well as Jacks Creek Barbecue Restaurant.

Notable people

See also

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References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 15, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Jacks Creek, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  4. "Jacks Creek, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  5. 1 2 Henderson/Chester County Chamber of Commerce website Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine , accessed September 13, 2008
  6. 'Chester County Historical Society. 'Chester County, Tennessee, 1882-1995: History and Families Paducah: Turner Publishing Company, 1998; p. 14
  7. "Tennessee state historical marker in Jack's Creek". Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  8. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  9. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  10. "Jacks Creek church of Christ".
  11. "Jacks Creek Elementary School".