Lynchburg, Tennessee
| Lynchburg, Tennessee | |
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| Consolidated city-county | |
1913 commercial block on the courthouse square
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 Location of Lynchburg, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates: 35°17′3″N 86°21′27″W / 35.28417°N 86.35750°WCoordinates: 35°17′3″N 86°21′27″W / 35.28417°N 86.35750°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Moore |
| Incorporated | 1841 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 130 sq mi (338 km2) |
| • Land | 129 sq mi (335 km2) |
| • Water | 1 sq mi (3 km2) |
| Elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 6,362 |
| • Density | 44/sq mi (17/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 37352 |
| Area code(s) | 931 |
| FIPS code | 47-44380 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1292342 |
Lynchburg is a city in the south-central region of the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is governed by a consolidated city-county government unit whose boundaries coincide with those of Moore County. Lynchburg is best known as the location of Jack Daniel's, whose famous Tennessee whiskey is marketed worldwide as the product of a city with only one traffic light. Despite the operational distillery, which is a major tourist attraction, Lynchburg's home county of Moore is a dry county. The population was 6,362 at the 2010 census (this figure also represents the population of Moore County).
Lynchburg is part of the Tullahoma, Tennessee Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lynchburg Historic District.
Settlers first arrived in the Lynchburg area around 1801. Main Street was originally the main road, and roughly followed the route of East Fork Mulberry Creek. Residences were generally located in the western half of Lynchburg, while industries were situated along the creek in the eastern half. One early settler, Thomas Roundtree, established a cotton mill along the creek in the vicinity of the modern Jack Daniel's Distillery. By the 1830s, another settler, William P. Long, was operating a gristmill and cotton gin. Early Lynchburg was also home to a large tannery.
The origin of the city's name is unclear. An article in an 1876 issue of the Lynchburg Sentinel suggests an early settler named the city after his native Lynchburg, Virginia. The WPA Guide to Tennessee (1939) states the city was named after an early resident named Tom Lynch. An article by Jeanne Ridgway Bigger in the Spring 1972 issue of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly states the city was named after a "Judge Lynch", who presided over a vigilante committee that met in the city sometime after the War of 1812.
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