Persia, Tennessee

Persia is an unincorporated community in Hawkins County, Tennessee, south of Rogersville.^[1]

Persia is located on Tennessee State Routes 66 and 70.

Postal service

Persia once had a post office; the closest post office now is in Rogersville. Persia shares Rogersville's ZIP code, 37857.

History

A post office was established as Persia in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1967.^[2] Persia was a station on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway,^[3] which was founded in 1869.

Education

Cherokee High School is located in Persia.

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Persia, Tennessee
↑ "Hawkins County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
↑ Tennessee State Gazetteer and Business Directory. R.L. Polk & Company. 1876. p. 335.

Municipalities and communities of Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States

County seat: Rogersville

Cities	Church Hill Kingsport‡

Towns	Bulls Gap Mount Carmel Rogersville Surgoinsville

CDP	Mooresburg

Unincorporated communities	Austins Mill Eidson Midway Persia Saint Clair

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 36°20′23″N 83°00′11″W / 36.33972°N 83.00306°W / 36.33972; -83.00306