Sweet Lips, Tennessee

Sweet Lips is an unincorporated community in Chester County, Tennessee, United States.

History

The first settlers arrived in the 1820s. Residents have claimed that the name comes from "settlers who declared water from a creek to be 'sweet to the lips.'" Alternatively, It may be named after Sweet Lips, the gun that a Tennessean soldier used to kill Patrick Ferguson who was leading an army of Loyalists to invade Tennessee on October 7, 1780. It may also be named after George Washington's dog with the same name. Sweet Lips has frequently been noted on lists of Place [names considered unusual|unusual place names].
A 1986 profile on the community reported a population of 85, no stop signs or street lights, no post office, and that the former two-room school house was now the "Sweet Lips Grocery" store. The school closed in 1960.
Some scenes from the 1973 movie Walking [Tall (1973 film)|Walking Tall] were filmed in Sweet Lips.