Difficult, Tennessee

Difficult is an unincorporated community in Smith County, Tennessee, in the United States.^[1]

History

One version of the name's origin holds that when residents applied for a post office, the application was returned because the preferred name was "too difficult".^[2]^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Difficult, Tennessee
↑ Miller, Larry L. (2001). Tennessee Place-names. Indiana University Press. p. 62. ISBN 0-253-21478-5.
↑ Kennedy, Mark (Feb 19, 1989). "Speck-on-the-map towns in Tennessee". Herald-Journal. pp. C13. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Smith County, Tennessee, United States

County seat: Carthage

Towns	Carthage Gordonsville South Carthage

Unincorporated communities	Brush Creek Chestnut Mound Defeated Difficult Dixon Springs Elmwood Enigma Hickman Lancaster Pleasant Shade Riddleton Rome

Coordinates: 36°22′09″N 85°53′32″W / 36.36917°N 85.89222°W / 36.36917; -85.89222

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