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Dyersburg (other)
Dyersburg is a city in Tennessee. Dyersburg may also refer to: * Dyersburg Army Air Base, a former army base * Dyersburg Deers, a minor league baseball team * Dyersburg Regional Airport, a city-owned public use airport * Dyersburg State Community College, a community college in Dyersburg * Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area Dyer County is a county located in the westernmost part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,801. The county seat is Dyersburg. Dyer County comprises the Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. Hi ..., congruous with Dyer County See also * Dyer (other) * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersburg
Dyersburg is a city and the county seat of Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It is located in northwest Tennessee, northeast of Memphis on the Forked Deer River. The population was 16,164 at the 2020 census, down 5.72% from the 2010 census. History Early history The lands that make up Dyersburg once belonged to the Chickasaw people. The final treaty by which they relinquished all of West Tennessee was signed in 1818. 19th century The first European settlers began to arrive in the area around 1819. In 1823, the Tennessee General Assembly passed an act to establish two new counties immediately west of the Tennessee River, Dyer County being one of them. John McIver and Joel H. Dyer donated for the new county seat, named Dyersburg, at a central location within the county known as "McIver's Bluff". In 1825, Dyer surveyed the town site into 86 lots. The first courthouse was built on the square in 1827. The current Classical Revival-style courthouse, designed by Asa Biggs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersburg Army Air Base
Dyersburg Army Air Base is an inactive United States Air Force base, approximately 2 miles north of Halls, Tennessee. It was active during World War II as a training airfield. It was closed on 30 November 1945 Dyersburg AAB was the largest combat aircrew training school built during the early war years. It was the only inland B-17 Flying Fortress training base east of the Mississippi River. The base was located on , not including the practice range. Approximately 7,700 crewmen received their last phase training at DAAB. 114 crew men lost their lives. History Origins The Dyersburg Army Air Base (DAAB), promoted by Congressman Jere Cooper and solicited by local officials of Dyersburg in 1941, was actually located near the edge of Halls, Tennessee since an Army study indicated that the Lauderdale County site was better suited for the base. The origins of Dyersburg Army Air Base begin in early 1942 when the War Department became interested in building an air base in the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersburg Deers
The Dyersburg Deers were a Minor League Baseball team that played in Dyersburg, Tennessee, from 1923 to 1925. They were members of the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (KITTY League) from 1923 to 1924 during which time they were known as the Dyersburg Forked Dears. They played as simply the Dyersburg Deers in the Class D Tri-State League in 1925. Their home games were played at Scot's Field. Over three seasons of competition, Dyersburg accumulated a regular season record of 170–141 (.547). They won the KITTY League championship in both 1923 and 1924. Their postseason record was 8–2 (.800). History The Dyersburg Forked Deers began competition in 1923 as members of the Class D Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League. Their scheduled season opener on May 15 was rained out. They won the next day's game against the Fulton Railroaders, 3–2 in 10 innings, at Scot's Field before a home audience of around 1,200 people. On August 24, June Greene pitche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersburg Regional Airport
Dyersburg Regional Airport is two miles south of Dyersburg, in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States. It was formerly Dyersburg Municipal Airport. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is DYR to the FAA and has no IATA code. (IATA assigned DYR to Anadyr Airport in Anadyr, Russia.) In 1957-59 it was served by Southeast Airlines DC-3s, and in 1961-63 by Southern Airlines DC-3s. (In 1962, 134 passengers boarded Southern's DC-3s.) Facilities The airport covers at an elevation of 338 feet (103 m). It has two asphalt runways: 4/22 is 5,698 by 100 feet (1,737 x 30 m) and 16/34 is 4,000 by 75 feet. The FAA has classified runway 4/22 to be in good condition, while the shorter 16/34 runway is listed in poor condition with major cracks in the asphalt. Due to the condition of the runway, 16/34 has been indefinitely closed since October 2019. In the year ending April 12, 1996 the airport had 19,400 aircraft op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersburg State Community College
Dyersburg State Community College is a Public college, public community college in Dyersburg, Tennessee. It was founded in 1969 and serves nine counties in West Tennessee: Crockett, Dyer, Haywood, Henry, Lake, Lauderdale, Obion, Tipton, and Weakley Counties. Dyersburg State is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. History Dyersburg was chosen by the Tennessee State Board of Education in 1967 as the location for the second community college in western Tennessee as part of the state's response to the 1957 Pierce-Albright report to the state's Legislative Council, which led to a plan to place a postsecondary institution within a 30-50 mile of each Tennessee resident. Classes began in 1969 and its first graduates completed degrees in 1971. Its center in Trenton, the Gibson County Center, first offered classes in 1991 and the Jimmy Naifeh Center in Covington was founded in 1992. At its September 2022 board meeting, the Tennessee Board or Regents approved a change in Dyersburg S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area
Dyer County is a county located in the westernmost part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 36,801. The county seat is Dyersburg. Dyer County comprises the Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History 19th century Dyer County was founded by a Private Act of Tennessee, passed on October 16, 1823. The area was part of the territory in Tennessee that was previously legally recognized as belonging to the Chickasaw Native Americans as "Indian Lands". The county was named for Robert Henry Dyer (circa 1774–1826). Dyer had been an army officer in the Creek War and War of 1812, and a cavalry colonel in the First Seminole War of 1818 before becoming a state senator. He was instrumental in the formation of the counties of Dyer and Madison County, Tennessee. Around 1823, Louis Philippe I stopped briefly near the mouth of the Obion River and killed a bald eagle. In 1869, three, possibly five, white men were lynched under suspicion o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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