Official Name: | Fowlkes, Tennessee |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Tennessee#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fowlkes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Dyer |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1882 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 5.42 |
Area Land Km2: | 5.42 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.09 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2.09 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 882 |
Population Density Km2: | 162.73 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 421.40 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 341 |
Coordinates: | 35.9706°N -89.3861°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 38024[3] |
Area Code: | 731 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1284753 |
Fowlkes is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States.
Originally founded as Fowlkes Station in 1882 by W.P. Fowlkes, the following year the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad was completed in Dyer County. The line for this railroad passed through the community of Fowlkes. By 1887, the community supported a school, a Methodist church, and multiple grist mills and cotton gins.[4] [5]