Beech Bluff, Tennessee facts for kids

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Unincorporated community
Beech Bluff post office, 2019
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Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Madison
Area
• Total	4.40 sq mi (11.39 km2)
• Land	4.40 sq mi (11.39 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	384 ft (117 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	379
• Density	86.21/sq mi (33.29/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	38313
Area code(s)	731
GNIS feature ID	1305050

Beech Bluff is an unincorporated community on the east-central edge of Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The area ZIP code is 38313.

History

The area which is now Beech Bluff was first inhabited by the Chickasaw, from whom an earthwork remains. In 1852, a post office was established at Beech Bluff, which was then also known as Homer and used as a summer resort. After a section of the Tennessee Midland Railway was built through the area between 1888 and 1890, the name of the community was officially settled as Beech Bluff, deriving its appellation from a large grove of native beech trees near a local bluff. By 1897, the population had grown to approximately three hundred. The community was historically home to a high school, founded as a one-room schoolhouse in 1885 and closed during desegregation in 1977. It later became a grade school called Beech Bluff Elementary before it was converted into a recreation center in 2016.

Geography

Beech Bluff is built on deposits of loess which have developed brown or grayish brown silt loam soils. These are mapped as Grenada, Memphis or Lexington series where drainage is good, and Calloway in somewhat poorly drained areas.

Demographics