Sweet Lips, Tennessee
| Sweet Lips, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Sweet Lips, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates: 35°24′30″N 88°31′20″W / 35.40833°N 88.52222°WCoordinates: 35°24′30″N 88°31′20″W / 35.40833°N 88.52222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Chester |
| Elevation | 584 ft (178 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1303968[1] |
Sweet Lips is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Tennessee, United States.[2]
The first settlers arrived in the 1820s.[3] Residents have claimed that the name comes from "settlers (or wandering hobos or thirsty Civil War soldiers, depending on whom you ask) who declared water from a creek to be 'sweet to the lips.' "[3][4][5] Sweet Lips has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3][6][7]
A 1986 profile on the community reported a population of 85, no stop signs or street lights, no post office, and that the former two-room school house was now the "Sweet Lips Grocery" store.[8][9] The school closed in 1960.[10]
Some scenes from the 1973 movie Walking Tall were filmed in Sweet Lips.[11]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sweet Lips, Tennessee
- ↑ Boothby, Karen J. (18 February 2009). Sweet Lips with a sense of humor, The Jackson Sun (article on this "Chester County community" notes that "when your community's named Sweet Lips, you learn to have a sense of humor.")
- 1 2 3 (14 July 1991). Toad Suck, 10 miles, Stop laughing - that's the town's name, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ("The village, settled about 170 years ago, once bustled. Now the community's lone business is Sweet Lips Store.")
- ↑ Boyd, L.M. (20 July 1995). Greater Singers, Daily Record (Washington)
- ↑ "From Panic to Tranquility". Reading Eagle. Apr 7, 2003. pp. B7. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- ↑ Rose, Allen (12 June 1993). LIZARD LICK IS ODD NAME FOR TOWN, BUT MAP IS FULL OF OFF-BEAT NAMES, Orlando Sentinel
- ↑ (28 August 1886). A Nation of Humorists, The Atlanta Constitution (1886 article notes name -- "In Tennessee we find Sweet Lips, Defeated, Regret, Peanut, Quiz and Tut.")
- ↑ (25 June 1986). A Sweet Lips, Tennessee Homecoming, Tri-City Herald (reprint from the Los Angeles Times
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sweet Lips TN post office
- ↑ Chester Co. Historical Society. Chester Co, TN - Vol II - Pictorial, p. 135 (2001)
- ↑ Pusser, Dwana. Walking on: A Daughter's Journey With Legendary Sheriff Buford Pusser, p. 159 (2009)
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