RoEllen (also Roellen) is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States.[1]
RoEllen, Tennessee | |
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 RoEllen water tower | |
  RoEllen  RoEllen | |
| Coordinates: 36°01′25″N 89°16′53″W / 36.02361°N 89.28139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Dyer |
| Elevation | 299 ft (91 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 731 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1299543[1] |
History edit
RoEllen is the site of the first church erected in Dyer County in 1830. The wooden frame building, known as "Old Union" housed Baptist, Methodist, and Cumberland Presbyterian services. At an unknown later date, the Cumberland Presbyterians took over sole ownership of the building and property and erected a new building.[2]
Notable people edit
- Joe Bradshaw, baseball player, was born in RoEllen.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "RoEllen, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ The Goodspeed History of Tennessee: Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion & Weakley Counties. Nashville, TN: Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1887.
- ^ Baseball-Reference-Joe Bradshaw
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