Official Name: | Evensville, Tennessee |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Tennessee#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rhea |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 768 |
Coordinates: | 35.5644°N -84.9547°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 37332 |
Area Code: | 423 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1283918 |
Evensville is an unincorporated community in Rhea County, Tennessee, United States. In 2020 the population was 2,624. Evensville is located along U.S. Route 27 5.8miles northeast of Dayton.[1] Evensville has a post office with ZIP code 37332.[2] [3] Rhea County High School is located in Evensville.
The community is believed to have been named for an early settler, Evan Evens, Jr. (1790-1825), or his son, Joseph Smith Evens, or grandson John Haws Evens, the first postmaster. Evensville was known as Darwin until 1878. .[4]
Rhea County Schools is the local school district.[5] It operates two public schools in Evensville: Rhea County Middle School and Rhea County High School.