Conasauga is a
CDP (Census-designated place) in southern
Polk County,
Tennessee
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, United States.
It is located approximately 1.2 miles north of the Tennessee-
Georgia
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state line and roughly 17 miles southeast of
Cleveland
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. The Conasauga River Lumber Company was located at Conasauga.
Conasauga has its own zip code, 37616, but does not have a post office.
History
Tornadoes struck the community during the
1932 Deep South tornado outbreak and again on March 21, 1974, damaging the local school, which then closed. Tragedy occurred in Conasauga on March 28, 2000, when a
Murray County,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
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school bus crossed a railroad track north of
Tennga, Georgia and was struck by a train, causing fatalities.
Demographics
References
Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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