Fowlkes, Tennessee

Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States

35°58′14″N 89°23′10″W / 35.97056°N 89.38611°W / 35.97056; -89.38611CountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyDyerFounded1882Area

^[1]

• Total2.09 sq mi (5.42 km²) • Land2.09 sq mi (5.42 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

^[2]

341 ft (104 m)Population

(2020)^[3]

• Total882 • Density421.40/sq mi (162.73/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

38024^[4]

Area code731GNIS feature ID1284753^[2]

Fowlkes is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States.^[2]

History

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.^[5]^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	882		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

Notes

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fowlkes, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "Fowlkes TN ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ Goodspeed's History of Tennessee. Nashville, TN: The Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1887. p. 850.
^ "Goodspeed History - Dyer County". tn-roots.com. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.