Corona is an

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in Tipton County,

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, United States. Due to

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changes caused by the 1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes, part of what is now Tipton County was cut off the state of Tennessee by a change in the course of the

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. The earthquake changed the course of the Mississippi River, placing the communities of Corona and Reverie on the

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side of the river, while most of the area of Tipton County is located east of the Mississippi River, on the Tennessee side. www.tnhistoryforkids.org

History

1811 and 1812 earthquakes

In 1811 and 1812, several

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s spreading out from the New Madrid Seismic Zone caused a

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shift which changed the course of the

. The earthquakes cut off several

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s (or horseshoe bend) of the Mississippi River along the western boundary of what is now

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, placing the settlements of Reverie and Corona west of the Mississippi River. Reverie is fully surrounded by

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, while Corona is surrounded by both Mississippi and Crittenden Counties.

Tennessee/Arkansas state line

The

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between

and

was established in the "'' Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation''", signed by the United States and the Kingdom of Spain, on October 27, 1795 following the "''middle of the channel or

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of the Mississippi River''" as of that time.http://www.yale.edu
"'' Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation''", Avalon project at the

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The

and

state line remained unchanged by the

events of 1811 and 1812, still marking the middle of the Mississippi River as it was in 1795.

Education

The state of Tennessee pays for the children in the population to attend

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in Arkansas.

References

Unincorporated communities in Tipton County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Border irregularities of the United States Tennessee populated places on the Mississippi River {{TiptonCountyTN-geo-stub