Pelham is an

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and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in Grundy County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 403. Pelham is located at the junction of

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, State Route 2, and State Route 50 near the base of the

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, north-northwest of Monteagle. Pelham has a

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with ZIP code 37366, which opened on April 4, 1832. The community is believed to have been named for a family of early settlers.Janelle Layne Taylor,
Pelham Valley Places
" Grundy County History website. Accessed: 18 April 2016. There is a school in Pelham. It is Pelham Elementary school.

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Census-designated places in Grundy County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Census-designated places in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Grundy County, Tennessee {{GrundyCountyTN-geo-stub