Lenox, Tennessee

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Lenox, Tennessee
Coon Creek
Unincorporated community
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Lenox
Coordinates: 36°05′21″N89°29′54″W / 36.08917°N 89.49833°W / 36.08917; -89.49833
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Dyer
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.52 sq mi (6.53 km2)
 • Land2.52 sq mi (6.53 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
[2]
292 ft (89 m)
Population
 (2020) [3]
 • Total
308
 • Density122.22/sq mi (47.18/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38047
Area code 731
GNIS feature ID1291021 [2]

Lenox is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. [2] Its ZIP code is 38047. [4]

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History

In 1887, the community, then known as Coon Creek, hosted a Union Baptist Church. [5] A post office was established in 1888, with Giles James serving as the first postmaster. [6] In 1904, the Dyersburg Northern Railroad was chartered to connect Dyersburg to Tiptonville in Lake County. The line was constructed on the western edge of the community. [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 "Lenox, 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. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Goodspeeds History of Tennessee. Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1899.
  6. ↑ "Daily Bulletin of the Order Affecting the United States Postal service". Vol. 9, no. 2651. Washington, D.C.: United States Postal Service. September 29, 1888.
  7. ↑ Poor, Henry V (1910). Manual of the Railroads of the United States for 1910 (XXXXIII ed.). New York, NY: HV and HW Poor. p. 598.
  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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