Spring Creek, Madison County, Tennessee

Spring Creek is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Tennessee, United States.[1] The zipcode is 38378.[2]

Spring Creek, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Spring Creek, Tennessee
Spring Creek, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°46′00″N 88°40′38″W
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyMadison
Elevation
459 ft (140 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38378
Area code(s)731
GNIS feature ID1271065[1]

History

Spring Creek was named for a nearby stream of the same name, a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River,[3] after a post office opened there in the spring of 1824.[4] A municipal charter was granted in January 1854,[4] and the West Tennessee Baptist Male Institute was chartered in Spring Creek that March.[5] The Institute, later called Madison College, continued operation until it burned down in February 1876.[6]

The community remained mostly untouched during the American Civil War, save for commercial disruptions.[7] Its main commerce at the time consisted of cotton and wheat production.[8]

Spring Creek's high school, built in the early 20th century, disbanded in 1943 to consolidate with others in the formation of North Side High School, and its elementary school closed in 1964.[9]

References

Citations
  1. "Spring Creek, Madison County, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. United States Postal Service. "Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  3. Smith 1996, p. 63.
  4. Smith 1996, p. 65.
  5. "Chapter CXCIV" in Acts of the State of Tennessee, Passed at the First Session of the Thirtieth General Assembly, for the Years 1853–54. Nashville: M'Kennie and Brown, 1854; pp. 607–609.
  6. Smith 1996, pp. 66–70.
  7. West Tennessee Directory. Louisville, Kentucky. 1872. pp. 135–137.
  8. Tennessee State Gazetteer, 1891–1892. Nashville, Tennessee. 1892. pp. 135–137.
  9. Smith 1996, p. 72.

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