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Lancing, Tennessee

Coordinates: 36°07′14″N 84°39′14″W / 36.12056°N 84.65389°W / 36.12056; -84.65389
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Lancing, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Lancing
Lancing
Lancing, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Lancing, Tennessee
Lancing, Tennessee
Lancing, Tennessee is located in the United States
Lancing, Tennessee
Lancing, Tennessee
Coordinates: 36°07′14″N 84°39′14″W / 36.12056°N 84.65389°W / 36.12056; -84.65389
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyMorgan
Elevation
1,188 ft (362 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
37770
Area code423
GNIS feature ID1306664[1]

Lancing is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. Lancing is located along Tennessee State Route 62 and the Norfolk Southern Railway 3.35 miles (5.39 km) west-northwest of Wartburg, and northeast of the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area.[2] Lancing has a post office with ZIP code 37770.[3][4]

Lancing was settled in the 1860s, and was originally known as "Kismet." In 1879, the Cincinnati Southern Railway constructed a rail line through the area, and named the Kismet rail station "Lancing." The post office applied the name Lancing to the entire community in 1894.[5] Within a few years of the railroad's arrival, Lancing was home to a store, hotel, two churches, and two saloons.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Lancing". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Morgan County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  3. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
  5. ^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 117.
  6. ^ Calvin Dickinson, Morgan County (Memphis State University Press, 1987), p. 47.


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