Whitfield 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, in the
U.S. state
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of
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 ...
.
History
A post office was established at Whitfield in 1856, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. The community was named for John W. Whitfield, a State Senator and native of Hickman County.
References
Unincorporated communities in Hickman County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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