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If you have traveled I-40, you probably have seen the sign, a very interesting exit to nowhere, the exit of Bucksnort.<\/p>\n

The story goes that Bucksnort got its name from a man\u00a0who loved his whiskey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Wrong Bucksnort History<\/h2>\n

If you have heard any history of the Bucksnort Community it was probably the he story below, as it is the often cited story for the history of Bucksnort, TN. However it is not, \u00a0it is the history of Mimosa, TN in Lincoln County which was also called Bucksnort prior to 1898.<\/p>\n

“The town\u00a0got its name from William (\u201cBuck\u201d) Pamplin, a brother of McCager Armpstead Pamplin, my father\u2019s father. Before the Civil War, William owned and lived on the site that later became Bucksnort.<\/p>\n

It was like this: William loved whiskey. He would get soused to the ears with the sweet, smelly stuff, and when he did, he would roar and snort till everyone around heard him. They would say: \u201cJust listen to Buck snort.\u201d His snorting became so frequent and the comment was made so often, that the neighbors soon found themselves running the last two words together, thus the place was called Bucksnort.<\/p>\n

In the course of time, a post office was needed. The Government wanted to know what name the community wished to be known by. Since William still owned and lived on the site, and since he still kept up his snorting, the neighbors and near-by farmers decided on Bucksnort. It was approved by the Government and the first post office and surrounding community became Bucksnort.”<\/p>\n

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Bucksnort History<\/h2>\n

The Bucknort community never had a post office or a postmark as described in the often wrongly cited story of Mimosa, TN. The post mark of the Bucksnort community was Dunnington, TN, also a town that is no longer there. \u00a0Dunnington had post office, doctor’s office, general store, blacksmith’s shop and private boys and girls school called Spring Mount Academy, which was founded in 1850 and flourished and well patronized for many years in the 1800s.<\/p>\n

Once I-40 was built, the town was already on the decline and with the interstate being right by and bypassing the\u00a0town, it pretty much ended all existence of the town. \u00a0The former buildings have since either burned down or have succumbed to the elements. \u00a0While the town is gone, there is still a Bucksnort Road that is the first dirt road on the left after leaving the interstate. \u00a0This road leads to a bridge that crosses back over the interstate where the one of the last original buildings of the Bucksnort community is still standing albeit in ruins. \u00a0What is interesting is the town won’t be forgotten event though its history has, since the exit was officially named the\u00a0Bucksnort exit and will be noticed for its peculiarity by all east\/west travelers in Tennessee.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bucksnort’s fame and legend is international leading a man from Netherlands to make the pilgrimage to see Bucksnort, which he chronicled in the video below and even wrote a song about it.<\/p>\n