Belfast, Tennessee

Belfast, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Belfast, Tennessee
Belfast, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°25′15″N 86°42′09″W / 35.42083°N 86.70250°W / 35.42083; -86.70250Coordinates: 35°25′15″N 86°42′09″W / 35.42083°N 86.70250°W / 35.42083; -86.70250
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Marshall
Elevation 830 ft (250 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code 37019
Area code(s) 931
GNIS feature ID 1276896[1]

Belfast is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, United States.[1] The area ZIP code is 37019.[2]

History

A post office was established at Belfast in 1836.[3] The community was named after Belfast, in Northern Ireland.[4] The first commercial business in Belfast opened in 1838.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Belfast, 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. "Marshall County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  4. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
  5. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 899.


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