Carpenter's Station,

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...

, is an unincorporated historical

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in Lawrence County,

established in

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

. The name was changed to Springer's Station when the

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was extended to the

.Edgar D. Byler, III: ''The Development of The Iron Industry in The Upper Buffalo River Valley'', a paper delivered before a joint meeting of the Lewis County Historical Society and the Wayne County Historical Society at Oak Grove Methodist Church, Lewis County, Tennessee, September 10, 1989, posted at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwayne/bufriver.htm, accessed 30 Dec 2009.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lawrence County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{LawrenceCountyTN-geo-stub