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in Jackson in 1992. The local middle school was disestablished, and its campus was developed for the West Tennessee Regional Training Center. Denmark Elementary is the community's only remaining school.
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built through Madison County. Although its population was about 250 in 1886, Denmark's population declined dramatically in the following decades. On April 28, 1983, its
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Denmark's climate is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the
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and subsequent fires, inflicted immense damage. Another tornado, in 2003, was as destructive as the one nearly a century before.
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Following the Civil War, Denmark's economy experienced a pronounced decline because the town was bypassed by all of the
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were established in the area in 1833 and 1842. By January 1844, the community had been sufficiently populated that the
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Denmark has suffered repeated weather catastrophes that have contributed to the community's decline. A devastating
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passed a statute providing for the forfeiting of charters of any city with a population under 100.
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for education of white boys. Prior to the Civil War, Denmark flourished and rivaled neighboring
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Tennessee Tragedies: Natural, Technological, and Societal Disasters in the Volunteer State
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Acts Passed at the First Session of the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee 1843–44
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in September 1862. Union troops occupied Tennessee from that year to the end of the war.
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is 38391. Although it was once a thriving farming community, a combination of
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The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate
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has reduced Denmark to a few remaining houses and the historic
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who had family who lived in Denmark during his imprisonment
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History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present
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The local high school, chartered in 1885, was merged into
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Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Tennessee
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take place in part in a fictional version of Denmark:
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Unincorporated community in Tennessee, United States
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Unincorporated community
Denmark, Tennessee is located in Tennessee
Denmark, Tennessee is located in the United States
35°31′58″N 89°00′14″W / 35.53278°N 89.00389°W / 35.53278; -89.00389
Country
State
Tennessee
County
Madison
Time zone
UTC-6
Central (CST)
DST
UTC-5
ZIP code
Area code
731
GNIS
unincorporated community
city
Madison County
Tennessee
United States
Jackson
zip code
man-made
natural disasters
antebellum
Denmark Presbyterian Church
Madison County

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