Fowlkes, Tennessee


Fowlkes is an unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee, United States.

History

Originally founded as Fowlkes Station in 1882 by W.P. Fowlkes, the following year the Newport News & Mississippi Valley Railroad was completed in Dyer County. The line for this railroad passed through the community of Fowlkes. By 1887, the community supported a school, a Methodist church, and multiple grist mills and cotton gins.

Education

The school district is the Dyer County School District. The zoned high school is Dyer County High School in Newbern.