Kempville is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Smith County, Tennessee, United States.
It is located along
State Route 85 in a hilly area northeast of
Carthage
Carthage was the capital city of Ancient Carthage, on the eastern side of the Lake of Tunis in what is now Tunisia. Carthage was one of the most important trading hubs of the Ancient Mediterranean and one of the most affluent cities of the classi ...
. Kempville Branch, a tributary of
Defeated Creek, flows through the community.
Kempville was probably named for a family of early settlers in the area.
[Larry Miller, ]
Tennessee Place Names
' (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 112.
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Unincorporated communities in Smith County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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