Bluebank

A settlement on Reelfoot Lake East of Tiptonville on State Highways 21 and 22 across the highway from a state park by the same name.

According to Lexie Leonard, a life-long resident of Bluebank, the settlement was so named because the banks along Reelfoot River in the area are a type of clay or gumbo earth that has a blue cast when wet.

A post office was established in the store of Mr. George C. Campbell on 26 June 1892. Mr. Campbell was the post master and held the position until 15 February 1911 at which time the mail was sent to Keefe.

The Bluebank Baptist Church was organized sometime in the 1870’s. Mr. R. T. Webb gave a deed to the church in 1876, but a building had already been erected.

Mr. Leonard still lives at Bluebank on land that has been in his family for several generations. The Campbell heirs still live there.

Bluebank is one of the most beautiful places in Lake County.