Elora, Tennessee

Elora, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°00′52″N 86°21′32″W / 35.01444°N 86.35889°W / 35.01444; -86.35889Coordinates: 35°00′52″N 86°21′32″W / 35.01444°N 86.35889°W / 35.01444; -86.35889
Country United States
State Tennessee
County Lincoln
Elevation 928 ft (283 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code 37328
Area code(s) 931
GNIS feature ID 1283729[1]

Elora is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. It lies approximately 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Fayetteville and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the Alabama state line. It has a post office with zip code 37328.[2]

Elora is concentrated around the intersection of Tennessee State Route 121 and Tennessee State Route 122 (John Hunter Highway). SR 121 connects Elora to U.S. Route 64 and the Tims Ford Lake area to the north and Madison County, Alabama, to the southwest, while SR 122 connects Elora with Huntland to the east.

Elora was originally known as Baxter Station, and was established as a stop along the Fayetteville and Decherd Branch Railroad in the 1850s.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "Elora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  3. ↑ Lincoln County, Tennessee: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors (Lulu Press, 2012).
  4. ↑ "Hawkins, George Copeland, Jr". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved April 30, 2014.


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