Beech Bluff, Tennessee

Beech Bluff, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Beech Bluff, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°35′47″N 88°37′53″W / 35.59639°N 88.63139°W / 35.59639; -88.63139Coordinates: 35°35′47″N 88°37′53″W / 35.59639°N 88.63139°W / 35.59639; -88.63139
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Madison
Elevation 384 ft (117 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code 38313
Area code(s) 731
GNIS feature ID 1305050[1]

Beech Bluff is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee, United States.[1] The area ZIP code is 38313.[2]

History

A post office was established at Beech Bluff in 1852.[3] The community was named for a grove of beech trees near a bluff.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Beech Bluff, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. "County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.


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