Fordtown, Tennessee

Fordtown
Fordtown
Unincorporated community
	Fordtown Fordtown
	Coordinates: 36°27′10.4″N 82°30′12.5″W / 36.452889°N 82.503472°W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Sullivan
Elevation	1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37663
Area code	423
GNIS feature ID	1303455

Fordtown is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee,^[1] located south of Colonial Heights. This community's name was adopted due to the number of people with the Ford surname who lived in the area.^[2]^[3] Country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) was born in Fordtown.^[4] The community is accessed by the road named after it, Fordtown Road.

References

^ ^a ^b "Fordtown, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
^ Tennis, Joe (2008). Sullivan County. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7385-5409-9.
^ http://tnency.utk.tennessee.edu/entries/tennessee-ernie-ford/

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[gnis-1] "Fordtown, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[Miller2001-2] Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.

[Tennis2008-3] Tennis, Joe (2008). Sullivan County. Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7385-5409-9.

[4] ttp://tnency.utk.tennessee.edu/entries/tennessee-ernie-ford/

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Blountville
Cities	Bluff City Bristol Johnson City‡ Kingsport‡	Sullivan County map
CDPs	Bloomingdale Blountville Colonial Heights Orebank Spurgeon‡ Sullivan Gardens Walnut Hill
Other communities	Arcadia Boring Buffalo Cedar Grove (east) Cedar Grove (west) Fordtown Holston Valley Lynn Garden Morrison City Piney Flats
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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Fordtown
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°27′10.4″N 82°30′12.5″W / 36.452889°N 82.503472°W / 36.452889; -82.503472
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Sullivan
Elevation	1,467 ft (447 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37663
Area code	423
GNIS feature ID	1303455^[1]