Shady Grove (also known as Duck River) is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Hickman County,
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
, United States. Shady Grove is located along
Tennessee State Route 50
State Route 50 (SR 50) is a west–to–east highway in Middle Tennessee. The road begins near Only and ends in Altamont. The current length is .
Route description
Hickman County
SR 50 begins as a 2-lane secondary highway in ...
and the
Duck River, east-southeast of
Centerville.
History
The Duck River
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
was located at Shady Grove from December 28, 1846, to March 12, 1977. The community was named for the shade a grove of trees provided the town site.
References
Unincorporated communities in Hickman County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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