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Dismal, Tennessee One Place Study

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Location: Dismal, DeKalb, Tennessee, United Statesmap
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Dismal, Tennessee One Place Study

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Name

The name of the Dismal community in DeKalb County may have been named after the Dismal Swamp in Gates County, North Carolina. The Parker familes who settled in that part of DeKalb County reportedly came from Gates County. There is currently no proof of that assertion and is based on comments made by others. If true, it is interesting. If not, then what was the origin of the DeKalb County Dismal community's name?[1]

The Dismal Community begins as you cross Dismal Bridge. The old one lane concrete bridge was built in 1936, being replaced in 2007 with a wonderful two-lane bridge

Geography

Continent: North America
Country: United States
State/Province: Tennessee
County: DeKalb
GPS Coordinates: 36.03562, -85.95638
Elevation: 188.0 m or 616.8 feet

History

Population

Family Farms and Homes

  1. The Roland Place
  2. The Scott Place

Business

  1. Perry and Jim Wells put up a store on Dismal Creek[2]
  2. Lindsey Johnson ran a little country Store

Churches

  1. Fuller's Chapel United Methodist Church
  2. Cooper's Baptist church - Pastor Brien was the first pastor
  3. Goshen - Disolved in 1837 - started by Elder John Fite


Schools

  1. Issac and Talitha Cooper donated land for a school in 1883 - Teachers were Howard Clayborn, Gladys Simpson, Mac Reynolds, Carine Starnes, Lena Rhody, and Frances Scott.
  2. Dismal School


Cemeteries

  1. Dismal Cemetery, otherwise known as Fuller's Church Cemetery
  2. Griffiths
  3. Prates

Notables

Sources

  1. ↑ Jerry Parker Dekalb Co., Genealogy Chat
  2. ↑ History of DeKalb County, Tennessee, publication 1915 by Hale, Will T (1857-1926) page 32




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