Henryville, Tennessee

Henryville, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Henryville Methodist Church
Henryville Methodist Church
Henryville is located in Tennessee
Henryville
Henryville
Henryville is located in the United States
Henryville
Henryville
Coordinates: 35°23′31″N 87°23′39″W / 35.39194°N 87.39417°W / 35.39194; -87.39417
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyLawrence
Elevation
886 ft (270 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
38483, 38464, 38456
Area code931
GNIS feature ID1287453[1]

Henryville is an unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Tennessee, United States.[1] It lies along State Route 240 at its junction with State Route 242, southwest of Summertown, northwest of Lawrenceburg, and just south of the Buffalo River. The community was first settled around 1815, and was named after its first postmaster when a local post office was established in 1847.[2]

Henryville is home to several churches, a community center, a convenience store, and a volunteer fire department.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Henryville, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 98.
  3. ^ Tennessee Fire Department Directory, TN.gov. Accessed 10 November 2016.


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