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Robbins, Tennessee

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Scott

GNIS feature ID
  
1299586

Area
  
4.525 km²

Population
  
287 (2010)

State
  
Tennessee

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

Elevation
  
420 m

Local time
  
Monday 4:06 AM

Area code
  
423

Robbins, Tennessee

Weather
  
1°C, Wind SW at 2 km/h, 87% Humidity

Robbins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, its population is 287. It is concentrated along U.S. Route 27 between Huntsville and Elgin, in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau region. The community is served by Robbins Elementary School. It is also home to Barton Chapel, a 1920s-era Gothic Revival church designed by noted architectural firm, Barber and McMurry.

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Map of Robbins, TN 37852, USA

The community is probably named for a family that lived in the vicinity when a post office was established in 1880.

Notable people

  • Bruce Fairchild Barton, advertising executive who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1940
  • Harry C. Stonecipher, former president and CEO of McDonnell Douglas and Boeing

    • References

    Robbins, Tennessee Wikipedia
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