| 词条 | Mifflin, Tennessee |
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|official_name = Mifflin, Tennessee |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = Tennessee#USA |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Tennessee |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Chester |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 148 |elevation_ft = 486 |coordinates = {{coord|35|33|10|N|88|34|48|W|region:US-TN|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 38340 |area_code = 731 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 1293756[1] |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }}Mifflin is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Tennessee.[1] GeographyThe community is situated on Tennessee State Route 200 and the eastern end of Tennessee State Route 197. HistoryMifflin takes its name from Mifflin, Pennsylvania, the native home of a first settler.[2] It is generally accepted that Mifflin was the first settlement in what is now known as Chester County. it was first settled about 1821 by Col John Purdy.[3] Mifflin at that time was a part of Henderson County. Col Purdy and his wife Frances are buried in the Mifflin Cemetery.[4] Mifflin is 16 miles from Jackson and 10 miles northeast of Henderson. Until after the Civil War, Mifflin was the largest town in present day Chester County. References1. ^1 {{cite gnis|1293756|Mifflin, Tennessee}} 2. ^{{cite book|title=History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJ8KT_aU9pEC&pg=PA807|year=1886|publisher=Southern Historical Press|page=807}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tnyesterday.com/books/gm/gm3-18.html|title=Col John Purdy History}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=purdy&GSiman=1&GScid=2329782&GRid=99952615&|title=Col John Purdy Burial}} Chester County Tennessee History and Families 1882 - 1995, Copyright 1995 Chester County Historical Society
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