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Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
Quebeck, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°49′00″N 85°34′01″W / 35.81667°N 85.56694°W / 35.81667; -85.56694
CountryUnited States
StateTennessee
CountyWhite
Elevation902 ft (275 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code38579
Area code931
GNIS feature ID1298751

Quebeck is an unincorporated community in White County, Tennessee, United States. It is located just off U.S. Route 70, southwest of Doyle and northeast of Rock Island, and roughly adjacent to Walling. Quebeck had a post office with ZIP code 38579.

The community was founded in the late 1880s by J.S. Cooper, a local sawmill owner. He named it for the Canadian province of Quebec, having been inspired by his travels there.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Quebeck, Tennessee
  2. ZIP Code Lookup Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Alan Rayburn, Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names (University of Toronto Press, 2001), p. 137. Via Google Books
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