Dukedom, Weakley County, Tennessee
Compliments Dukedom Bank 1904-1972
Brochure scanned by Garry Brown
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Dukedom is a small town today, nestled right on the stateline of Weakley County,Tennessee and Graves County, Kentucky. Quite a history this little place has. Duke A. Beadles wanted a post office located in the area of what is now known as Dukedom. Dukedom was a stagecoach stop running between Dresden and what is now Hickman, Kentucky located on the Mississippi River. Dukedom was a post stop as early as 1833. At this time Duke A. Beadles applied to Washington, D.C. to acquire a post office for this little community. There is not suppose to be another town in the United States by the name of Dukedom. During World War I a soldier sent a letter home from overseas to the name of the person with this address; “Dukedom, USA”. It arrived in the post office at Dukedom as soon as it would have sending it to “Dukedom, Tennessee”. Washington granted Dukedom a post office, Duke A. Beadles was the first postmaster as well as the first merchant of Dukedom. Submitted by pj Lamb
