Armathwaite, Tennessee

Armathwaite, Tennessee
Armathwaite, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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	Coordinates: 36°22′27″N 84°46′55″W / 36.37417°N 84.78194°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Fentress
Elevation	1,470 ft (450 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38504
Area code	931
GNIS feature ID	1314597

Armathwaite is an unincorporated community in Fentress County, Tennessee, United States.^[1] It is located along Tennessee State Route 52 between Allardt and Rugby, in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau region. The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is located to the northeast.

The community was first settled in the 1840s.^[2] Around 1881, Alwyn Maude, a Rugby colonist, established a post office in the community, and named it for his home village of Armathwaite in England.^[3] Oil drilling and logging activities took place in the area during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Armathwaite, Tennessee
^ ^a ^b Claudette Stager, "Historic and Architectural Resources of Fentress County, Tennessee," National Register of Historic Places inventory form, December 1990, p. E-9.
^ Wanda Sewell Hatfield, "Armathwaite, Mount Helen, Shirley, and Honey Creek Communities," History of Fentress County, Tennessee (Fentress County Historical Society, 1987), p. 19.