Miston, Tennessee

Miston, Tennessee
Census-designated place
Nickname:  "Baggett-ville
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Coordinates: 36°9′53″N89°29′21″W / 36.16472°N 89.48917°W / 36.16472; -89.48917
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Dyer
Area [1]
• Total	1.39 sq mi (3.59 km2)
• Land	1.39 sq mi (3.59 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation [2]	269 ft (82 m)
Population  (2020) [3]
• Total	77
• Density	55.5/sq mi (21.44/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	38080 (Ridgely)
Area code	731
FIPS code	47-49420
GNIS feature ID	2813078 [2]

Miston is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. ^[2]

It is in the northwest part of the county, along Tennessee State Route 103, which leads east 3 miles (5 km) to Bogota and west the same distance to Tennessee State Route 181, less than 2 miles (3 km) east of the Mississippi River. Dyersburg, the county seat, is 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Miston.

A post office operated in Miston from 1909 to 1985. ^[4]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	77		—
U.S. Decennial Census [5]

Education

The school district is the Dyer County School District. ^[6] The zoned high school is Dyer County High School in Newbern.

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Miston, Tennessee
3. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
4. Blevins, Cameron; Helbock, Richard W. (2021), US Post Offices, Harvard Dataverse, doi:10.7910/DVN/NUKCNA
5. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
6. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dyer County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved October 6, 2024. - Text list