Rickman, Tennessee

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Rickman, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Buildings along Rickman Road (former SR 42) in Rickman
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Rickman, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°15′45″N85°22′32″W / 36.26250°N 85.37556°W / 36.26250; -85.37556 Coordinates: 36°15′45″N85°22′32″W / 36.26250°N 85.37556°W / 36.26250; -85.37556
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Overton
Elevation
[1]
1,079 ft (329 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38580
Area code 931
GNIS feature ID1299382 [1]

Rickman is an unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 38580. [2] The community is concentrated around the intersection of Rickman Monterey Highway (State Route 293) and Rickman Road (former State Route 42), northeast of Algood and southwest of Livingston, and is home to a post office, an elementary school, and several churches and small businesses. State Route 111 does pass through the community along the west side.

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History

Originally known as Bilbrey's Crossing, Rickman was later renamed for Carney H. Rickman, who operated a large lumber yard nearby along the railroad. [3]

Education

Rickman is home to one primary school, which is Rickman Elementary School. In 2011, RES had 765 students; the school's student-to-teacher ratio was 18:1. Rickman Elementary school was founded in 1917–18. [4] [5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rickman, Tennessee
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ↑ Jason Duke, Tennessee Coal Mining, Railroading, and Logging in Cumberland, Fentress, Overton, and Putnam Counties (Turner Publishing Company, 2003), p. 38.
  4. ↑ Josephine's Journal
  5. ↑ Rickman Elementary School



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