- Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee
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Dukedom — Unincorporated community — Dukedom's position in Tennessee, with Kentucky to the north.
DukedomCoordinates: 36°29′57″N 88°42′54″W / 36.49917°N 88.715°WCoordinates: 36°29′57″N 88°42′54″W / 36.49917°N 88.715°W Country 
United StatesState 
Kentucky and 
TennesseeCounties Graves (Kentucky) and Weakley (Tennessee) Elevation 148 m (486 ft) Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) – Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5) ZIP Code 38226 GNIS feature ID 1283116 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dukedom Dukedom is an unincorporated community in both Graves County, Kentucky and Weakley County, Tennessee in the United States, straddling the state line in the western part of both states. The location is 36°30′8″N 88°42′54″W / 36.50222°N 88.715°W; The elevation is 487 feet above sea level.[1]
The community is notable as the location of the Knob Creek Church of Christ, established in June 1834, the first Restoration Movement congregation to adopt the name Church of Christ.
American Civil War
Dukedom is connected with Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who served in the American Civil War on the side of the Confederate States of America. A Kentucky highway historical marker in the community reads:
- CSA Gen. N. B. Forrest with main body of cavalry passed this way before and after destructive raid on Paducah, March 25, 1864. Returning, Kentucky regiments, camping near here, given leave to seek food, horses, get recruits, visit families. Not one deserted. News item led Forrest to send men back through here again, April 14, to capture horses missed before.[2]
Notable residents
- David Parnell Motivational speaker
- Bob Starnes, basketball player on the 1962–63 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team
- Jimmy Work, country musician
References
- ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Dukedom, Tennessee." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee Retrieved May 11, 2011.
- ^ Historical Marker
Municipalities and communities of Weakley County, Tennessee Cities Greenfield | Martin | McKenzie‡
Towns Unincorporated
communitiesDukedom‡ | Palmersville
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Municipalities and communities of Graves County, Kentucky Cities 
CDPs Fancy Farm | Farmington | Hickory | Lowes | Pryorsburg | Sedalia | Symsonia
Unincorporated
communitiesFootnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
- Populated places in Graves County, Kentucky
- Populated places in Weakley County, Tennessee
- Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
- Kentucky geography stubs
- Tennessee geography stubs
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