Eagan is an unincorporated community in Claiborne County and Campbell County, Tennessee, in the Cumberland Mountains of the southeastern United States.[1] It lies along State Route 90 just west of Clairfield in the Clearfork Valley. A former coal mining town, Eagan was likely named for either a mining company official or a minister.[2]
Eagan is home to several small business, churches, and a community center, the Clearfork Community Institute.[3] It also has its own post office, with ZIP code 37730.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Eagan, 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. 67.
- ^ Georgiana Vines, "For More Than 40 Years, a Former Nun From New York Has Helped Appalachian Communities," Knoxville News Sentinel, March 27, 2010.
- ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
External links
Media related to Eagan, Tennessee at Wikimedia Commons- Clearfork Community Institute
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