Robbins, Tennessee

Census-designated place in Tennessee, United States

36°21′12″N 84°35′22″W / 36.35333°N 84.58944°W / 36.35333; -84.58944CountryUnited StatesStateTennesseeCountyScottArea

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• Total1.75 sq mi (4.52 km²) • Land1.75 sq mi (4.52 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

1,378 ft (420 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total254 • Density145.39/sq mi (56.14/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

37852^[3]

Area code423GNIS feature ID1299586^[4]

Robbins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Scott County, Tennessee.^[4] As of the 2010 census, its population is 287.^[5] It is concentrated along U.S. Route 27 between Huntsville and Elgin, in Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau region. The community is served by Robbins Elementary School. It is also home to Barton Chapel, a 1920s-era Gothic Revival church designed by noted architectural firm, Barber and McMurry.

The community is probably named for a family that lived in the vicinity when a post office was established in 1880.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	254		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[7]

Notable people

Bruce Fairchild Barton, advertising executive who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1940
Harry C. Stonecipher, former president and CEO of McDonnell Douglas and Boeing

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ "Robbins TN ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Robbins, Tennessee
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
^ Larry Miller, Tennessee Place Names (Indiana University Press, 2001), p. 178.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.