Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Dukedom
|settlement_type = Unincorporated community
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Kentucky}} and {{flag|Tennessee}}
|subdivision_type2 = Counties
|subdivision_name2 = Graves (Kentucky) and Weakley (Tennessee)
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|timezone = Central (CST)
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
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|elevation_ft = 489
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|coordinates = {{coord|36|29|57|N|88|42|54|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type = ZIP Code
|postal_code = 38226
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|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = 1283116{{GNIS|1283116}}
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|population_est =
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_total = 103
|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_km2 = 4.84
|area_total_sq_mi = 1.87
|area_land_km2 = 4.83
|area_water_km2 = 0.01
|area_land_sq_mi = 1.86
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|population_density_sq_mi = 55.23
|population_density_km2 = 21.32
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Dukedom is an unincorporated community in both Graves County, Kentucky and Weakley County, Tennessee, straddling the state line in the western part of both states. The location is {{coord|36|30|8|N|88|42|54|W|region:US}}; The elevation is 487 feet above sea level."Feature Detail Report for: Dukedom, Tennessee." USGS. {{gnis|1283116}} Retrieved May 11, 2011.
The community is notable as the location of the Knob Creek Church of Christ, established in June 1834, the first Restoration Movement congregation to adopt the name Church of Christ.
Demographics
{{US Census population
|2020= 103
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}
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History
A post office was established on the Tennessee side in 1833.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=TN&county=Weakley |title=Weakley County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=19 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094026/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=TN&county=Weakley |archivedate=4 March 2016 }} The community probably derives its name from Duke A. Beadles, first postmaster.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA85 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=85| isbn=0813126312 }}
=American Civil War=
Dukedom is connected with General Nathan Bedford Forrest, who served for the Confederacy in the Civil War. A Kentucky highway historical marker in the community reads:
:CSA Gen. N. B. Forrest with main body of cavalry passed this way before and after destructive raid on Paducah, March 25, 1864. Returning, Kentucky regiments, camping near here, given leave to seek food, horses, get recruits, visit families. Not one deserted. News item led Forrest to send men back through here again, April 14, to capture horses missed before.{{Cite web |url=http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=42 |title=Historical Marker |access-date=April 19, 2006 |archive-date=June 3, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060603143235/http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=42 |url-status=dead }}
Notable residents
- Jimmy Work, country musician
References
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{{Weakley County, Tennessee}}
{{Graves County, Kentucky}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Category:Unincorporated communities in Graves County, Kentucky
Category:Unincorporated communities in Weakley County, Tennessee
Category:Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
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