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Postoak, Tennessee

Coordinates: 35°52′24″N 84°37′51″W / 35.87333°N 84.63083°W / 35.87333; -84.63083
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Postoak, Tennessee
Postoak is located in Tennessee
Postoak
Postoak
Postoak is located in the United States
Postoak
Postoak
Coordinates: 35°52′24″N 84°37′51″W / 35.87333°N 84.63083°W / 35.87333; -84.63083
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyRoane
Elevation787 ft (240 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code865
GNIS feature ID1298318[1]

Postoak (see also Post Oak, Post Oak Springs) is an unincorporated community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States.[1]

Notable people

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  • Joshua Berkey, politician, newspaper editor, and Christian minister, was born in Post Oak Springs, in Roane County.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Postoak, Tennessee
  2. ^ 'Commemorative Biographical Record Of The Counties Of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa And Lafayette Wisconsin,' J. H. Beers & Company, Chicago, Illinois: 1901, Biographical Sketch of Joshua H. Berkey, pg. 694-695