RoEllen, Tennessee | |
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 RoEllen water tower | |
  RoEllen  RoEllen | |
| Coordinates: 36°01′25″N 89°16′53″W / 36.02361°N 89.28139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Dyer |
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 731 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1299543 [1] |
RoEllen (also Roellen) is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. [1]
History
RoEllen is the site of the first church erected in Dyer County in 1830. The wooden frame building, known as "Old Union" housed Baptist, Methodist, and Cumberland Presbyterian services. At an unknown later date, the Cumberland Presbyterians took over sole ownership of the building and property and erected a new building. [2]
Notable people
- Joe Bradshaw, baseball player, was born in RoEllen. [3]
References
- ^ a b "RoEllen, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ The Goodspeed History of Tennessee: Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion & Weakley Counties. Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1887.
- ^ Baseball-Reference-Joe Bradshaw
Municipalities and communities of
Dyer County, Tennessee, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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RoEllen, Tennessee | |
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|
RoEllen water tower | |
RoEllen RoEllen | |
| Coordinates: 36°01′25″N 89°16′53″W / 36.02361°N 89.28139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Dyer |
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 731 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1299543 [1] |
RoEllen (also Roellen) is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. [1]
History
RoEllen is the site of the first church erected in Dyer County in 1830. The wooden frame building, known as "Old Union" housed Baptist, Methodist, and Cumberland Presbyterian services. At an unknown later date, the Cumberland Presbyterians took over sole ownership of the building and property and erected a new building. [2]
Notable people
- Joe Bradshaw, baseball player, was born in RoEllen. [3]
References
- ^ a b "RoEllen, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ The Goodspeed History of Tennessee: Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion & Weakley Counties. Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1887.
- ^ Baseball-Reference-Joe Bradshaw
Municipalities and communities of
Dyer County, Tennessee, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| City | | |
| Towns | ||
| CDPs | ||
|
Other communities | ||
| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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| This Dyer County, Tennessee geography–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |