Timothy 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
Overton County, Tennessee
Overton County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 22,511. Its county seat is Livingston, Tennessee, Livingston. Overton County is part ...
,
United States
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. It is concentrated around the intersection of
State Route 52 and
State Route 136 between
Livingston and
Celina, and lies just north of
Standing Stone State Park
Standing Stone State Park is a state park in Overton County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The park consists of along the shoreline of the man-made Standing Stone Lake. The Standing Stone State Forest surrounds the park.
...
.
The community was named for an early postmaster, Timothy Stephens.
[Larry Miller, ]
Tennessee Place Names
' (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 207.
References
Unincorporated communities in Overton County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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