Cortner is an unincorporated community in Bedford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

History

A post office called Cortner[2] was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1943.[3] The community had a depot on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway.[4] A variant name was "Cortners Station".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cortner
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cortner Post Office (historical)
  3. ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  4. ^ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 881.

35°28′06″N 86°16′35″W / 35.46833°N 86.27639°W / 35.46833; -86.27639


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