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Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
Lusk Atpontley
Unincorporated community
Lusk Community CenterLusk Community Center
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Coordinates: 35°30′5″N 85°17′55″W / 35.50139°N 85.29861°W / 35.50139; -85.29861
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyBledsoe
Elevation797 ft (243 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID1647452

Lusk (also Atpontley) is an unincorporated community in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. It lies along U.S. Route 127 southwest of the city of Pikeville, the county seat of Bledsoe County.

The variant name Atpontley is a compound of the names of three coal miners: Atkinson, Dupont, and Finley.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lusk, Tennessee
  2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '08. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2008, p. 95.
  3. Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
Municipalities and communities of Bledsoe County, Tennessee, United States
County seat: Pikeville
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