Persia, Tennessee
Unincorporated community in Tennessee, US
Persia is an unincorporated community in Hawkins County, Tennessee, south of Rogersville.[1]
Persia is located on Tennessee State Routes 66 and 70.
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.
Postal service
Persia once had a post office; the closest post office now is in Rogersville. Persia shares Rogersville's ZIP code, 37857.
Education
Cherokee High School is located in Persia.
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Municipalities and communities of Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Rogersville
- Church Hill
- Kingsport‡
- Mount Carmel
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- Bean Station‡
- Bulls Gap
- Rogersville
- Surgoinsville
- Mooresburg
communities
- Austins Mill
- Eidson
- Midway
- Persia
- Saint Clair
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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36°20′23″N 83°00′11″W / 36.33972°N 83.00306°W / 36.33972; -83.00306