Fordtown, Tennessee

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|timezone = Eastern

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Fordtown is an unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee,{{cite gnis|1303455|Fordtown, Tennessee}} located south of Colonial Heights. This community's name was adopted due to the number of people with the Ford surname who lived in the area.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zOzPQYkkbaAC&pg=PA78 |title=Tennessee Place-names |publisher=Indiana University Press |first=Larry L. |last=Miller |page=78 |date=2001 |isbn=0-253-21478-5}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TyE5dXUI2oC&pg=PA80 |title=Sullivan County |series=Images of America |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |first=Joe |last=Tennis |page=80 |date=2008 |isbn=978-0-7385-5409-9}} Country singer Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991) was born in Fordtown.{{cite web | url=http://tnency.utk.tennessee.edu/entries/tennessee-ernie-ford/ | title=Ford, Ernie "Tennessee" }} The community is accessed by the road named after it, Fordtown Road.