Lancaster 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 Smith County, Tennessee, United States, located southeast of Gordonsville. Lancaster had a

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with ZIP Code 38569, which closed on March 4, 2011, due to the

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closing smaller post offices around the country. As of 2010, the population of Lancaster's

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was 363. The community is situated along State Highway 141 between Gordonsville and

Center Hill Lake Center Hill Lake is a reservoir in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located in Middle Tennessee near Smithville. Created by means of a dam constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1948, the lake has a dual purpose: electricity produ ...

, and is drained by Smith Fork, a tributary of the

Caney Fork The Caney Fork River is a river that flows through central Tennessee in the United States, draining a substantial portion of the southwestern Cumberland Plateau and southeastern Highland Rim regions. It is a major tributary of the Cumberland Rive ...

. Lancaster is named for John Lancaster Jr., an early settler who arrived in the area in the late 18th century (his family still owns a farm in the area, which has been designated a Tennessee Century Farm).Lancaster Farm
Tennessee Century Farms. Retrieved: September 22, 2013.

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Unincorporated communities in Smith County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{SmithCountyTN-geo-stub

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