Kempville, Tennessee
Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
36°20′48″N 85°51′47″W / 36.34667°N 85.86306°W / 36.34667; -85.8630637030, 37145
Kempville is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee, United States.[1] It is located along State Route 85 in a hilly area northeast of Carthage. Kempville Branch, a tributary of Defeated Creek, flows through the community.
Kempville was probably named for a family of early settlers in the area.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Kempville, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 112.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Smith County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Carthage
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communities
- Brush Creek
- Chestnut Mound
- Defeated
- Difficult
- Dixon Springs
- Elmwood
- Enigma
- Kempville
- Lancaster
- New Middleton
- Pleasant Shade
- Riddleton
- Rome
- Stonewall
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