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Welcome to Double Bridges ...

Double Bridges is located in Lauderdale County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Double Bridges, you might consider that their post office opened in 1852.

A typical abbreviation for Double Bridges: Double Brgs. (or less commonly used: Double Brdgs. or Double Brdges.)

Double Bridges is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Double Bridges lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Double Bridges and travel south, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Double Bridges: 731

Communities Also Named Double Bridges ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Double Bridges.

Websites for Double Bridges ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.laudcc.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Double Bridges, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Double Bridges ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Double Bridges.

  • Mengelwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Mengelwood is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mengelwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 656,861 people
  • Dyersburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Elizabeth
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Elizabeth is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elizabeth
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,271 people
  • Ripley
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Ripley is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ripley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ripley <3>
  • Newbern
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Halls
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Halls is located in Lauderdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Halls
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,041 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Halls <3>
  • Bruceville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bruceville is located in Dyer County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruceville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,453 people
  • Henning
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Maury Junction
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Maury Junction is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maury Junction
    • Estimated population in 2014: 679 people
  • Friendship
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Friendship is located in Crockett County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friendship
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 660 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Double Bridges. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Double Bridges.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Double Bridges. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Double Bridges.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Double Bridges. See our Newspapers Page for Double Bridges.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Double Bridges ...

Looking for more information about Double Bridges? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Double Bridges, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Double Bridges.

Adding Double Bridges to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Double Bridges in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Double Bridges was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Double Bridges post office opened in 1852. The Double Bridges post office closed in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Double Bridges.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Lauderdale, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Double Bridges - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/