Conasauga, Polk County, Tennessee

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Conasauga, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
Conasauga, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Conasauga, Tennessee
Conasauga, Tennessee
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Country United States
State Tennessee
County Polk
Elevation 830 ft (250 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 37316
Area code(s) 423
GNIS feature ID 1306059[1]

Conasauga is an unincorporated community in southern Polk County, Tennessee, United States.[1] It is located approximately 1.2 miles north of the Tennessee-Georgia state line and roughly 17 miles southeast of Cleveland. The Conasauga River Lumber Company is located at Conasauga.[2]

History

Tornadoes struck the community during the 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak and again on March 21, 1974, damaging the local school, which then closed.[3] Tragedy occurred in Conasauga on March 28, 2000, when a Murray County, Georgia school bus crossed a railroad track north of Tennga, Georgia and was struck by a train, causing fatalities.[4]

References

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