Lancing, Tennessee

Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States

36°07′14″N 84°39′14″W / 36.12056°N 84.65389°W / 36.12056; -84.65389CountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyMorganElevation

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1,194 ft (364 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

37770

Area code423GNIS feature ID1306664^[1]

Lancing is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States. Lancing is located along Tennessee State Route 62 and the Norfolk Southern Railway 3.35 miles (5.39 km) west-northwest of Wartburg, and northeast of the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area.^[2] Lancing has a post office with ZIP code 37770.^[3]^[4]

Lancing was settled in the 1860s, and was originally known as "Kismet." In 1879, the Cincinnati Southern Railway constructed a rail line through the area, and named the Kismet rail station "Lancing." The post office applied the name Lancing to the entire community in 1894.^[5] Within a few years of the railroad's arrival, Lancing was home to a store, hotel, two churches, and two saloons.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lancing
^ Morgan County, Tennessee General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Tennessee Department of Transportation. 2003. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 117.
^ Calvin Dickinson, Morgan County (Memphis State University Press, 1987), p. 47.