Counce, Tennessee

Counce, Tennessee
—  Unincorporated community  —
Counce, Tennessee
Coordinates: 35°02′32″N 88°16′24″W / 35.04222°N 88.27333°W / 35.04222; -88.27333Coordinates: 35°02′32″N 88°16′24″W / 35.04222°N 88.27333°W / 35.04222; -88.27333
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Hardin
Elevation	486 ft (148 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
– Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	731
GNIS feature ID	1281377[1]

Counce is an unincorporated community in Hardin County, Tennessee, United States. Counce is located on Tennessee State Route 57 near the Mississippi border. The community is adjacent to the Tennessee River near the Pickwick Landing Dam. Counce is the terminus of a Kansas City Southern line which was originally the Corinth and Counce Railroad and later became part of the MidSouth Rail Corporation before Kansas City Southern took over MidSouth. Counce was named after the Counce families, which were the first families to inhabit the community.^[2]

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Counce, Tennessee
2. ^ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-Names. Indiana University Press. p. 52. http://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC.