Armathwaite,_Tennessee

Armathwaite, Tennessee

Armathwaite, Tennessee

Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States

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.

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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

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Armathwaite, Tennessee
  2. [2]
    Claudette Stager, "Historic and Architectural Resources of Fentress County, Tennessee," National Register of Historic Places inventory form, December 1990, p. E-9.
  3. [3]
    Wanda Sewell Hatfield, "Armathwaite, Mount Helen, Shirley, and Honey Creek Communities," History of Fentress County, Tennessee (Fentress County Historical Society, 1987), p. 19.


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