Fordtown, Tennessee

Fordtown, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Fordtown, Tennessee
Fordtown, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°27′10.4″N 82°30′12.5″W / 36.452889°N 82.503472°W / 36.452889; -82.503472Coordinates: 36°27′10.4″N 82°30′12.5″W / 36.452889°N 82.503472°W / 36.452889; -82.503472
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Sullivan
Elevation 1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zone Eastern (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 37663
Area code(s) 423
GNIS feature ID 1303455[1]

Fordtown is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States,[1] located south of Colonial Heights. This community's name was adopted due to the number of people with the Ford surname who lived in the area.[2][3] It is accessed by the road named after it, Fordtown Road.

References

  1. 1 2 "Fordtown, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
  3. Tennis, Joe (2008). Sullivan County. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7385-5409-9.


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