Persia 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
Hawkins County, Tennessee
Hawkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,721. Its county seat is Rogersville. Hawkins County is part of the Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a component of the J ...
, south of
Rogersville.
Persia is located on Tennessee State Routes
66 and
70.
History
A post office was established as Persia in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1967. Persia was a station on the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway,
which was founded in 1869.
Postal service
Persia once had a post office; the closest post office now is in
Rogersville. Persia shares Rogersville's ZIP code, 37857.
Education
Cherokee High School is located in Persia.
It is a part of
Hawkins County School District.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Hawkins County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee