Devonia was the
United States Post Office
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U. ...
designation for the former
coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...
camp in
Anderson County, Tennessee, also known as Moore's Camp. The Devonia post office, established in 1920, served Moore's Camp, plus the nearby communities of
Rosedale,
Fork Mountain,
Braytown, and
Charley's Branch, until it closed in 1975.
Devonia is the site of a
coal preparation plant
300px, A coal "washer" in Eastern Kentucky
A modern coal breaker in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania combines washing, crushing, grading, sorting, stockpiling, and shipping in one facility built into a stockpile of anthracite coal below a mountain top ...
.
Tennessee State Route 116 traverses the area and a
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
line connects the community with
Oneida, Tennessee.
National Coal Corporation Background Information
accessed May 4, 2008
References
Mining communities in Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Anderson County, Tennessee
{{AndersonCountyTN-geo-stub