McKinnon, Tennessee

McKinnon is an unincorporated community in Houston County, Tennessee, United States.^[1] McKinnon is located at the junction of Tennessee State Route 147 and Tennessee State Route 232, 7.5 miles (12.1 km) west of Tennessee Ridge. Houston County Airport is located in McKinnon,^[2] as is the eastern terminus of a ferry across the Tennessee River operated by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.

McKinnon, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°18′58″N 87°54′25″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Houston
Elevation [1]	397 ft (121 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	931
GNIS feature ID	1293385[1]

McKinnon once had a post office, which opened in 1888. The post office was located in a general store run by Norman McKinnon, who was also the first postmaster.^[3]

Notes

1. "McKinnon, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Houston County Airport". Airport IQ 5010. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
3. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place Names. Indiana University Press. p. 135. ISBN 9780253214782.