Atoka
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town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Tipton
- Mayor
- Barry Akin
- Town administrator
- Marc Woerner
- Total
- 12.17 sq mi (31.52 km )
- Land
- 12.13 sq mi (31.42 km )
- Water
- 0.039 sq mi (0.10 km )
- Elevation
- 433 ft (132 m)
- Density
- 824.9/sq mi (318.49/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 47-02340
- Website
- www .atokatn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Atoka
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Tipton County
- Population
- 10008
- Area
- 32.019454
- Elevation
- 132
- Time zone
- UTC−06:00
- Official website
- www.townofatoka.com
- Image
- Town of Atoka Sign, Atoka, Tennessee.JPG
- Households
- 3133
- Dialing code
- 901
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- postal code
- 38004
- Commons category
- Atoka, Tennessee
- inception
- 1838-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.2751
- per capita income
- 34053
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Encyclopedic overview
Atoka (/əˈtoʊkə/) is a town in Tipton County, Tennessee, United States. In 1888, Atoka was a stop on the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad. Today the City of New Orleans Amtrak passenger train makes its daily route between New Orleans and Chicago, through Atoka. The population was 10,008 at the 2020 census, making the Town of Atoka the largest municipality in Tipton County.
Historians and genealogists can trace Atoka's origins back to the 1838 charter of Portersville. Atoka adopted Portersville's charter as its own. World War I Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Joseph B. Adkison lived in Atoka, and he is buried nearby.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Atoka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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