Lupton City, Chattanooga
| Lupton City, Tennessee | |
|---|---|
| Neighborhood | |
  Lupton City, Tennessee | |
| Coordinates: 35°06′20″N 85°15′51″W / 35.10556°N 85.26417°WCoordinates: 35°06′20″N 85°15′51″W / 35.10556°N 85.26417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Tennessee |
| County | Hamilton |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 37351 |
| Area code(s) | 423 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1292293[1] |
Lupton City is a neighborhood of Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, developed in the 1920s as a mill town.
The community was developed in the 1920s as a mill town, a planned community that contained the Dixie Spinning Mills thread mill and housing for its workers.[2] Chattanooga businessman John T. Lupton established the Dixie Mercerizing Company around 1920 to manufacture thread using the mercerizing process, which had been introduced in 1913.[2][3][4] The company built its thread-spinning facility and the adjoining housing area on a 1,000-acre (400 ha) tract north of the Tennessee River, outside the city limits of Chattanooga. In 1923, when production began, the spinning mill had 12,000 spindles; by 1925 there were 30,000 spindles.[2]
Lupton City provided modern worker housing near the mill, as well as community services such as a school, post office, and church, and amenities such as concrete sidewalks, a gym, a movie theater, and a swimming pool.[2][4] Medical care was available from a doctor and dentist employed by the company. By 1929, Lupton City had 200 homes.[2]
Lupton City is now part of the city of Chattanooga. The yarn mill still operates in the community as Dixie Yarns.[2]
For most of its history, Lupton City had a post office. Homes in the community did not have mailboxes or residential delivery, so residents picked up their mail at the post office, which used ZIP code 37351.[5] In 2006 the post office was closed temporarily due to structural problems with the building that housed it, and residents were instructed to get their mail at the Hixson post office.[5] The U.S. Postal Service and the building owner provided money to the city of Chattanooga to buy mailboxes for Lupton City postal customers,[6] and the post office closed permanently on July 18, 2009.[7]
References
- ↑ "Lupton City". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Teresa Biddle-Douglass (2010). "Dixie Spinning Mills". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
- ↑ Ned L. Irwin (1998). "John Thomas Lupton". The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
- 1 2 Hays, Constance L. (2005). The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company. Random House Digital. p. 432. ISBN 9780812973648.
- 1 2 Clagg, Adam (July 3, 2006). "Lupton City Losing Post Office - At Least Temporarily". The Chattanoogan. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Angie Herrington (October 24, 2006). "Lupton City residents to get mail boxes". Chattanooga Times Free Press.
- ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 21, 2012.
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