Afton, Tennessee

Afton is an unincorporated community in Greene County, Tennessee. It is believed that the community's name comes from Robert Burns's song "Sweet Afton", about the River Afton in Scotland.[1]

References

  1. ^ Larry L. Miller (October 2001). Tennessee place names. Indiana University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-253-21478-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC&pg=PA183. Retrieved 21 November 2011.