Ravenscroft, Tennessee
| Ravenscroft, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Ravenscroft, Tennessee  Ravenscroft, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates: 35°58′38″N 85°17′43″W / 35.97722°N 85.29528°WCoordinates: 35°58′38″N 85°17′43″W / 35.97722°N 85.29528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | White |
| Elevation | 1,886 ft (575 m) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Zip Code | 38583 |
| Area code(s) | 931 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1269229[1] |
Ravenscroft is an unincorporated community in White County, Tennessee, United States. Ravenscroft lies on the Cumberland Plateau to the east of Sparta off US Highway 70. Along with the adjacent areas of Bon Air and DeRossett, Ravenscroft is part of a greater community known as "BonDeCroft."[2]
Ravenscroft is the birthplace of journalist and author Carl T. Rowan, who served as United States Ambassador to Finland and director of the United States Information Agency.[3]
References
- ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ↑ Carroll Van West, Tennessee's Historic Landscapes (University of Tennessee Press, 1995), p. 243.
- ↑ Carl T. Rowan, "Reporting Civil Rights" website, The Library of America; accessed October 2, 2009
Municipalities and communities of White County, Tennessee, United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| City |  | |
| Town | ||
| Unincorporated communities | ||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.