Elora is an

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in Lincoln County,

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. It lies approximately southeast of Fayetteville and north of the

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state line. It has a post office with zip code 37328. Elora is concentrated around the intersection of

Tennessee State Route 121 State Route 121 (SR 121) is a 20.55 mile long north-south state highway in Middle Tennessee. It connects Elora with Broadview, Tims Ford Lake, and the state of Alabama. Route description SR 121 begins as a primary highway in Lincoln County at ...

and

Tennessee State Route 122 State Route 122 (SR 122) is a 7.11 mile long east–west state highway in Middle Tennessee. It connects the town of Huntland with the community of Elora. For the majority of its length, SR 122 is known as John Hunter Highway. Route description ...

(John Hunter Highway). SR 121 connects Elora to U.S. Route 64 and the Tims Ford Lake area to the north and Madison County, Alabama, to the southwest, while SR 122 connects Elora with Huntland to the east. Elora was originally known as Baxter Station, and was established as a stop along the Fayetteville and Decherd Branch Railroad in the 1850s.

Notable people

George C. Hawkins George Copeland Hawkins Jr. (December 4, 1918 – August 9, 1991), was an Alabama lawyer and Democratic politician who served in the Alabama House of Representatives in the 1950s. He attended the 1948 Democratic National Convention The 1948 ...

, member of both houses of the

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, 1951-1959 (House) and 1963-1967 (Senate), born in Elora in 1918; practicing attorney in

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* Bill Hefner, member of the

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from

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, was born in Elora.

References

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* Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Tennessee {{LincolnCountyTN-geo-stub