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Joseph B. Adkison presented Congressional Medal of Honor in Atoka - http://books.google.com/books?id=lLmHt8LUFfcC&pg=PA237&dq=%22Joseph+B+Adkison%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5lbYUanRI-PN0gGcw4HwDw&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Joseph%20B%20Adkison%22&f=false
Seargent Joseph B. Adkison of Atoka was a member of Company C. 199th Infantry. 30 Division. during World War I. In 1919, he was presented the Congressional Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the Presbyterian Church in Atoka. In addition to this honor, he also received The Great War of Civilization Medal, the Italian War Cross, and the Republic of Portugal Medal.[Gov 1] The town of Atoka, Tennessee placed a monument honoring Joseph Adkison on the front lawn of the Presbyterian Church. Between the years 1986, when Atoka celebrated Tennessee Homeocming '86[Gov 2], and 2011, when Atoka had a Centennial Celebration, land for Adkison Park was donated, the monument was moved to the park, a concrete walkway from the street to the monument was placed, a flagpole was erected, lights were added around the flagpole, a paved walking path was installed, trees, plants, and flowers were added, part of the walkway was replaced with memorial and honorary brick pavers, the area around the monument was extended with memorial and honorary brick pavers, and a brick sitting wall was built behind the monument. The park, located in front of Boy Scout Troop 60's scout hut, became the permanent home of the monument honoring Joseph Adkison. The town had named the street to the west of the park Adkison Circle. In 2013, the town of Atoka placed a commemorative plaque over the face of the old monument.
Subjects pertinent to Atoka, Tennessee:
- surrounding area
- Firsts
- More railroad information
- More post office information
- War Heroes
- American Revolution
- Revolutionary War soldiers, such as Robert McCreight, can be traced through ancestors from Atoka and Portersville.
- WW II
- Solon Beaver Jr., see also Welcome Home Atoka - pg. 32, WWII, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, 34th Bomber Squadron, 17th Bomber Group, Medium, Purple Heart Meda, lAir Medal, Additional Army Awards
- Robert Harold Davidson - enlisted 18 Feb 1942, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA (from ancestry.com), WWII, Welcome Home Atoka - pg 32, Home in 1930 - Atoka, TN (census)
- American Revolution
Atoka, Tennessee is a corporate local government in the county of Tipton, state of Tennessee the country of the United States of America.
Atoka, as a local government, was originally called Portersville.
Atoka, Tennessee is also the United States Postal Service mailing address [zipcodes2013 1] of an area which includes the city limits, but also extends beyond the city limits.
Local Government
Origins[edit]
From the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Covington Leader, 1886 to 1936:
The trading center for the Atoka area before the rise of the town was Portersville...
With the coming of the railroad in 1872 and opening of stores in Atoka, there grew up an intense rivalry between the two towns, but Atoka's advantage of the railroad proved to be too much, and Portersville gradually died out. Today not a store or store building remains in Portersville and it passes into history...[Leader50th 1]
Portersville remains relevant today because it appears in United States census data, United States Postal records, Tennessee government records, Tipton County land records, vital records, ancestral records, church records, family histories and anything that relates to the people that lived there and the businesses that existed there.
City Limits[edit]
The City limits of Atoka have changed many times over the years. As of 2013, he city limits of Atoka, Tennessee meet the city limits of Brighton, Tennessee on the north and the city limits of Munford, Tennessee on the west. Because of the close proximity of the three local governments, their histories are intermingled, but each location has its own social, political, historical, and cultural identity. To the East are unincorporated communities. The west boundary of the city limits of Atoka also runs along US Highway 51.
Agricultural areas exists within the city limits of Atoka, as well as, in the surrounding areas and are used primarily for the cultivation of soy beans, corn, cotton and milo.
Demographics[edit]
As of the census[Cencus 1] of 2010, there were 8,387 people and 2,701 households.
United States Postal Service[edit]
(needs research) - The Atoka Post Office was originally the Portersville Post Office.
Atoka was the first post office with rural free delivery in Tennessee. Rural free delivery started in Atoka on January 11, 1897.[1]
Railroad[edit]
The railroad tracks between Chicago, Illinoia and New Orleans, Louisiana run through the city limits of Atoka.
- Canadian National Railway
- Illinois Central Railroad
- Memphis and Paducah
- Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
As of 2013, Amtrak City of New Orleans passes nightly through Atoka at high speeds, compared to the relatively slow freight trains that make regular trips throughout the day.[Amtrak2013 1]
Disasters and Accidents[edit]
In Atoka, fifteen homes and practically the entire town business district were destroyed. One person was killed and several injured.[Coggins2012 1]
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes
At the time of the New Madrid earthquakes, the number of United States inhabitants per square mile were estimated to be 2 or fewer.
Weather[edit]
| Climate data for Memphis (Memphis Int'l), 1991−2020 normals,[a] extremes 1875−present[b] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 79 (26) |
81 (27) |
87 (31) |
94 (34) |
99 (37) |
104 (40) |
108 (42) |
107 (42) |
103 (39) |
98 (37) |
86 (30) |
81 (27) |
108 (42) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 70.5 (21.4) |
73.5 (23.1) |
80.2 (26.8) |
85.3 (29.6) |
90.7 (32.6) |
95.9 (35.5) |
98.1 (36.7) |
98.5 (36.9) |
95.3 (35.2) |
88.5 (31.4) |
79.1 (26.2) |
71.4 (21.9) |
99.9 (37.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 50.9 (10.5) |
55.5 (13.1) |
64.2 (17.9) |
73.4 (23.0) |
81.7 (27.6) |
89.4 (31.9) |
91.9 (33.3) |
91.5 (33.1) |
86.0 (30.0) |
75.1 (23.9) |
62.6 (17.0) |
53.4 (11.9) |
73.0 (22.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 42.1 (5.6) |
46.1 (7.8) |
54.2 (12.3) |
63.2 (17.3) |
72.1 (22.3) |
79.9 (26.6) |
82.8 (28.2) |
82.1 (27.8) |
76.0 (24.4) |
64.6 (18.1) |
52.7 (11.5) |
44.8 (7.1) |
63.4 (17.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 33.3 (0.7) |
36.7 (2.6) |
44.3 (6.8) |
53.0 (11.7) |
62.4 (16.9) |
70.4 (21.3) |
73.6 (23.1) |
72.6 (22.6) |
65.9 (18.8) |
54.0 (12.2) |
42.9 (6.1) |
36.2 (2.3) |
53.8 (12.1) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 16.0 (−8.9) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
26.3 (−3.2) |
37.3 (2.9) |
48.4 (9.1) |
60.4 (15.8) |
67.0 (19.4) |
64.8 (18.2) |
52.4 (11.3) |
38.0 (3.3) |
27.3 (−2.6) |
21.1 (−6.1) |
13.6 (−10.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −8 (−22) |
−11 (−24) |
12 (−11) |
27 (−3) |
36 (2) |
48 (9) |
52 (11) |
48 (9) |
36 (2) |
25 (−4) |
9 (−13) |
−13 (−25) |
−13 (−25) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.14 (105) |
4.55 (116) |
5.74 (146) |
5.87 (149) |
5.27 (134) |
3.99 (101) |
4.82 (122) |
3.37 (86) |
3.03 (77) |
3.98 (101) |
4.69 (119) |
5.49 (139) |
54.94 (1,395) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 0.9 (2.3) |
1.0 (2.5) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.2 (0.51) |
2.7 (6.9) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.0 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 9.6 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.2 | 111.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 68.2 | 66.4 | 63.2 | 62.5 | 66.4 | 66.8 | 69.1 | 69.6 | 71.3 | 66.2 | 67.7 | 68.8 | 67.2 |
| Average dew point °F (°C) | 28.6 (−1.9) |
31.8 (−0.1) |
39.4 (4.1) |
48.6 (9.2) |
58.3 (14.6) |
65.7 (18.7) |
70.0 (21.1) |
68.5 (20.3) |
63.1 (17.3) |
50.2 (10.1) |
41.0 (5.0) |
32.7 (0.4) |
49.8 (9.9) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 166.6 | 173.8 | 215.3 | 254.6 | 301.5 | 320.6 | 326.9 | 307.0 | 251.2 | 245.9 | 173.0 | 151.9 | 2,888.3 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 53 | 57 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 68 | 70 | 56 | 50 | 65 |
| Average ultraviolet index | 2.4 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 8.8 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 6.0 |
| Source 1: NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1961−1990, sun 1961−1987)[3][4][5] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: UV Index Today (1995 to 2022)[6] | |||||||||||||
- ^ United States Postal Service Historian. "Tennessee:Dates That First Rural Routes Were Established at Post Offices,through 1904" (PDF). article. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ NCDC-NOAA (2015). "ThreadEx [Long-Term Station Extremes for America], Version 10.1, released 2 April 2015". Ithaca, NY, USA: Northeast Regional Climate Center (NRCC, Keith Eggleston) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, Bryant Korzeniewski). Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- ^ "NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ "Station: Memphis INTL AP, TN". U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020). National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
- ^ "WMO Climate Normals for MEMPHIS/WSCMO AP TN 1961–1990". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
- ^ "Historical UV Index Data - Memphis, TN". UV Index Today. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ Beasley, Gaylon Neil (Nov 1, 2007). True Tales of Tipton County Tennessee. Google Books: The History Press. pp. 144–145. ISBN 9781596294134.
- ^ Brackett, Carolyn (2013). "The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture - Homecoming '86". The University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, Tennessee. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
- ^ "Amtrak City of New Orleans". ©2013 National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau, American FactFinder. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
- ^ Coggins, Allen R. (Jan 2012). Tennessee Tragedies: Natural, Technological, and Societal Disasters in the Volunteer State (Google eBook). Univ. of Tennessee Press. p. 302. ISBN 9781572338296. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
In Atoka, fifteen homes and practically the entire town business district were destroyed. One person was killed and several injured.
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- ^ "United States Zip Codes.org". © 2013 UnitedStatesZipCodes.org. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
Data sources include the United States Postal Service, U.S. Census Bureau, Yahoo, Google, and UPS.
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