Milton, Tennessee

Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
35°55′47″N 86°10′54″W / 35.92972°N 86.18167°W / 35.92972; -86.18167CountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyRutherfordElevation
745 ft (227 m)Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)ZIP Code
37118
Area code615GNIS feature ID1294012[1]

Milton is an unincorporated community in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.[1] Its ZIP Code is 37118.[2] The community is concentrated in the northeast corner of the county along State Route 96 (Lascassas Pike) between Auburntown and Murfreesboro.

Milton was established by early-19th-century entrepreneur Gideon Thompson in 1820.[3] Milton once was incorporated.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Milton, Tennessee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Elsie Knox and Emil Hood, "A History of Milton, Tennessee", Rutherford County Historical Society Publication No. 23, 1984, p. 17.
  4. ^ History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1886. p. 833.
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