Elora, Tennessee
Location of Elora, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°00′52″N 86°21′32″W / 35.01444°N 86.35889°W / 35.01444; -86.35889
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyLincoln
Elevation
928 ft (283 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
37328
Area code931
GNIS feature ID1283729[1]

Elora is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States. It lies approximately 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Fayetteville and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the Alabama state line. It has a post office with zip code 37328.[2]

Elora is concentrated around the intersection of Tennessee State Route 121 and Tennessee State Route 122 (John Hunter Highway). SR 121 connects Elora to U.S. Route 64 and the Tims Ford Lake area to the north and Madison County, Alabama, to the southwest, while SR 122 connects Elora with Huntland to the east.

Elora was originally known as Baxter Station, and was established as a stop along the Fayetteville and Decherd Branch Railroad in the 1850s.[3]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Elora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  3. ^ Lincoln County, Tennessee: History Revealed Through Biographical and Genealogical Sketches of Its Ancestors (Lulu Press, 2012).
  4. ^ "Hawkins, George Copeland, Jr". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved April 30, 2014.

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Municipalities and communities of Lincoln County, Tennessee, United States
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