Robbins, Tennessee

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Robbins, Tennessee
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Robbins, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°21′12″N84°35′22″W / 36.35333°N 84.58944°W / 36.35333; -84.58944
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Scott
Area
[1]
  Total
1.75 sq mi (4.52 km2)
  Land1.75 sq mi (4.52 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,378 ft (420 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
  Total
254
  Density145.39/sq mi (56.14/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
37852 [3]
Area code 423
GNIS feature ID1299586 [4]

Robbins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Tennessee. [4] As of the 2010 census, its population is 287. [5] It is concentrated along U.S. Route 27 between Huntsville and Elgin, in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau region. The community is served by Robbins Elementary School. It is also home to Barton Chapel, a 1920s-era Gothic Revival church designed by noted architectural firm, Barber and McMurry.

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The community is probably named for a family that lived in the vicinity when a post office was established in 1880. [6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
2020 254
U.S. Decennial Census [7]

Notable people

References

  1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
  3. "Robbins TN ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  4. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Robbins, Tennessee
  5. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  6. Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 178.
  7. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.