Archer is an
unincorporated community
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in
Marshall County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Tennessee
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.
It is located at the intersection of
State Route 272 and
State Route 129 between
Cornersville and
Petersburg.
History
A variant name was "Spring Place".
A post office called Spring Place was established in 1840, and closed in 1871; the Archer post office was in operation from 1887 until 1905. The community was renamed in the late 19th century for one of its store owners, Archer Beasley.
[Larry Miller, ]
Tennessee Place Names
' (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 7.
References
Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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