Archer, Tennessee

Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
35°19′41″N 86°45′35″W / 35.32806°N 86.75972°W / 35.32806; -86.75972CountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyMarshallElevation
781 ft (238 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code
37091
Area code931GNIS feature ID1310501[1]

Archer is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1] It is located at the intersection of State Route 272 and State Route 129 between Cornersville and Petersburg.

History

A variant name was "Spring Place".[2] A post office called Spring Place was established in 1840, and closed in 1871; the Archer post office was in operation from 1887 until 1905.[3] The community was renamed in the late 19th century for one of its store owners, Archer Beasley.[4][2]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Archer, Tennessee
  2. ^ a b History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 899.
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  4. ^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 7.
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