Atoka, Tennessee

Towns in Tipton County, Tennessee

Atoka () is a local government area with a town charter in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. In 1888, Atoka was a stop on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad. Today the City of New Orleans Amtrak passenger train makes its daily route between New Orleans and Chicago, through Atoka. The population was 10,008 at the 2020 census, making the Town of Atoka the largest municipality in Tipton County. Historians and genealogists can trace the Town of Atoka's origins back to the 1838 charter of Portersville. Atoka adopted Portersville's charter as its own. World War I Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Joseph B. Adkison lived in Atoka, and he is buried nearby. Five public parks exist within the town limits. The town has grown significantly since the 1990 census, at which time the population was only 659. Covington, the county seat, has the second largest population.

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Munford, Tennessee

Munford is a city in Tipton County, Tennessee. The population was 5,927 at the 2010 census, when it was listed as a town.

Munford High School

Munford High School is a public high school located in Munford, Tennessee. The school educates about 1,300 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Tipton County School District.

Tipton, Tennessee

Tipton is a neighborhood in the town of Atoka in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States, which was previously a distinct, unincorporated community. Tipton has its own post office with ZIP code 38071.

Barretville, Tennessee

Barretville is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, close to the border of Tipton County, and near the community of Rosemark. It has an elevation of 354 feet. The community is locally known for its once large number of domesticated peacocks, originally cared for by Sarah Louisa Barret.

Tipton-Rosemark Academy

Tipton-Rosemark Academy (often abbreviated TRA) is a private Christian school in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It is in the community of Rosemark, and near the border of Shelby and Tipton County. It was established as a white flight academy and uses confederate imagery, including the nickname Rebels.

Rosemark, Tennessee

Rosemark is an unincorporated residential and farm community located along Tennessee State Route 14 in northeastern Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. It had a population of 2,315 people in 2010.An area of approximately 115 acres (47 ha) in Rosemark was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 as the Rosemark Historic District.

Tipton County, Tennessee

Tipton County is a county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Mississippi Delta region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 60,970. Its county seat is Covington. Tipton County, founded in 1823, is part of the Memphis, TN-MS-AR Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Brighton, Tennessee

Brighton is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 2,735 at the 2010 census.

Kerrville, Tennessee

Kerrville is an unincorporated community on the northeast portion of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States. Kerrville is located along about 3.5 miles to the north of Millington and just to the south of the Tipton County line, along with Atoka and Munford city limits. It is named for Andrew Hart Kerr, who moved from Middle Tennessee to Big Creek and purchased 5,000 acres of land.

Hopewell, Tipton County, Tennessee

Hopewell is an unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. It lies at an elevation of 413 feet (126 m).

Peckerwood Point, Tennessee

Peckerwood Point is an unincorporated community in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States.

WEGR

WEGR (102.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Arlington, Tennessee, and serving the Memphis metropolitan area, including sections of Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi. WEGR airs a hot adult contemporary format and calls itself 102.7 Kiss FM. It is owned by iHeartMedia with studios on Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Southeast Memphis. WEGR is a Class C1 station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, that maximum for most radio stations. The transmitter is on Brief Road in Brunswick, Tennessee. WEGR broadcasts in the HD Radio format. It carries the talk radio programming of sister station WREC 600 AM on its HD2 subchannel.