Official Name: | Archer, Tennessee |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Tennessee#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Tennessee |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Marshall |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 781 |
Coordinates: | 35.3281°N -86.7597°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 37091 |
Area Code: | 931 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1310501 |
Archer is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is located at the intersection of State Route 272 and State Route 129 between Cornersville and Petersburg.
A variant name was "Spring Place".[1] A post office called Spring Place was established in 1840, and closed in 1871; the Archer post office was in operation from 1887 until 1905.[2] The community was renamed in the late 19th century for one of its store owners, Archer Beasley.[3]