Ravenscroft, Tennessee

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Ravenscroft, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Ravenscroft, Tennessee
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Ravenscroft, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°58′38″N85°17′43″W / 35.97722°N 85.29528°W / 35.97722; -85.29528
Country United States
State Tennessee
County White
Elevation
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1,890 ft (580 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip Code
38583
Area code 931
GNIS feature ID1269229 [1]

Ravenscroft is an unincorporated community in White County, Tennessee, United States. Ravenscroft lies on the Cumberland Plateau to the east of Sparta off US Highway 70. Along with the adjacent areas of Bon Air and DeRossett, Ravenscroft is part of a greater community known as "BonDeCroft." [2]

Ravenscroft is the birthplace of journalist and author Carl T. Rowan, who served as United States Ambassador to Finland and director of the United States Information Agency. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ravenscroft, Tennessee
  2. ↑ Carroll Van West, Tennessee's Historic Landscapes (University of Tennessee Press, 1995), p. 243.
  3. ↑ Carl T. Rowan Archived 2009-12-18 at the Wayback Machine , "Reporting Civil Rights" website, The Library of America; accessed October 2, 2009
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