Learn More About Deer Lodge, TN

The unincorporated settlement of Deer Lodge is located in Tennessee's Morgan County. 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west-southwest of Sunbright on Tennessee State Route 329 is where it is situated. The Deer Lodge post office, which was established on April 16, 1886, has the ZIP code 37726. Abner Ross, a colonist from Rugby, founded the community as a health resort in the 1880s.

But as many of the original settlers' children and grandchildren moved away by the middle of the 20th century, the community started to decline. Deer Lodge only had 155 residents in 1930.

The majority of residents of ZIP code 37726 are Caucasian. While the number of seniors is substantial, the number of middle-aged persons is enormous. Additionally, there are somewhat more single adults and slightly fewer families than the national average. In comparison to other regions of the country, the 37726 ZIP code has a little lower than normal number of residents under the age of 18.

Vehicles are the most popular mode of transportation to places of employment in much of the country. There are extremely few individuals who live in ZIP code 37726 compared to other parts of the country. The majority of Americans commute in under 30 minutes in most areas of the nation. However, 37726 has one of the lowest rates of people who arrive at work in under 30 minutes. Employees travel over 45 minutes to work much more frequently than in the majority of the country, which may be a sign of heavy traffic or that most people live far from their places of employment.