Farner is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Polk County,
Tennessee
Tennessee (, ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina t ...
, United States. Farner is located in a mountainous area along
Tennessee State Route 68
State Route 68 (SR 68) is a State highway (US), state highway in the East Tennessee, eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Route description
SR 68 begins in southeastern Tennessee, at an intersection with Georgia State Route 5 (S ...
near the
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
border, north-northeast of
Ducktown.
Farner has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 37333.
The
Hiwassee River
The Hiwassee River is a
river in the states of
Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. It originates from a spring on the north slope of Rocky Mountain (Georgia), Rocky Mountain in Towns County, Georgia, Towns County in n ...
and
Apalachia Dam are located just to the north.
Demographics
References
Unincorporated communities in Polk County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Populated places on the Hiwassee River
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