Conasauga is an unincorporated community in southern Polk County, Tennessee, United States.[1] It is located approximately 1.2 miles north of the Tennessee-Georgia state line and roughly 17 miles southeast of Cleveland. The Conasauga River Lumber Company is located at Conasauga.[2]

Conasauga, Tennessee
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°00′16″N 84°43′46″W
Country	United States
State	Tennessee
County	Polk
Elevation	830 ft (250 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	37316
Area code(s)	423
GNIS feature ID	1306059[1]

History

Tornadoes struck the community during the 1932 Deep South tornado outbreak and again on March 21, 1974, damaging the local school, which then closed.[3] Tragedy occurred in Conasauga on March 28, 2000, when a Murray County, Georgia school bus crossed a railroad track north of Tennga, Georgia and was struck by a train, causing fatalities.[4]

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