Lancaster is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee, United States, located 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Gordonsville. Lancaster had a post office with ZIP code 38569, which closed on March 4, 2011, due to the United States Postal Service closing smaller post offices around the country.[3][4][5]
As of 2010, the population of Lancaster's zip code tabulation area was 363.[1] The community is situated along State Highway 141 between Gordonsville and Center Hill Lake, and is drained by Smith Fork, a tributary of the Caney Fork. Lancaster is named for John Lancaster, Jr., an early settler who arrived in the area in the late 18th century (his family still owns a farm in the area, which has been designated a Tennessee Century Farm).[6]
See also
- Temperance Hall, Tennessee – a community of similar size located just to the southwest in DeKalb County
References
- ^ a b United States Census Bureau, Statistics for 38569 Zip Code Tabulation Area , American FactFinder. Retrieved: September 22, 2013.
- ^ "Lancaster". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Post Offices Closed in 2011. Save the Post Office. Retrieved: September 22, 2013.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved July 20, 2012.
- ^ Lancaster Farm, Tennessee Century Farms. Retrieved: September 22, 2013.
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