Flat Creek, Tennessee

Flat Creek is an unincorporated community in Bedford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

History

Flat Creek was laid out around 1840.[2] A variant spelling was "Flatcreek".[1] A post office called Flat Creek was established in 1833, the name was changed to Flatcreek in 1895, and the post office closed in 1937.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Flat Creek
  2. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 879.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 June 2017.

Coordinates: 35°23′28″N 86°24′30″W / 35.3911873°N 86.4083265°W / 35.3911873; -86.4083265


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