Cortner is an unincorporated community in Bedford County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

History

A post office called Cortner[2] was established in 1885, and remained in operation until 1943.[3] The community had a depot on the Nashville and Chattanooga Railway.[4] A variant name was "Cortners Station".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cortner
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cortner Post Office (historical)
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
  4. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 881.

35°28′06″N 86°16′35″W / 35.46833°N 86.27639°W / 35.46833; -86.27639


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