Not to be confused with Mimosa, Tennessee, formerly known as Bucksnort.

Bucksnort is a small unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Hickman County, Tennessee

Tennessee

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, United States

United States

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. It occupies Exit 152 on Interstate 40

Interstate 40

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 a few miles east of the Tennessee River

Tennessee River

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. The demonym

Demonym

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 for Bucksnort is "Bucksnorter". There are no U.S. Census

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 statistics for the location and there is no post office.

Notable residents

Wrestlers

Professional wrestling

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 Bunkhouse Buck and "Dirty White Boy

Tony Anthony

Darrell W. "Tony" Anthony is a semi-retired American professional wrestler best known as Dirty White Boy, who wrestled primarily for independent promotions in the Southeastern United States...

" Tony Anthony (aka T.L. Hopper) call Bucksnort home, and professional wrestler "Dirty" Dutch Mantel

Wayne Cowan

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 often was billed as being from the town.

Cultural references

It was mentioned in the "Fran's Roots" episode of the TV sitcom The Nanny

The Nanny

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 as being the location of an airplane flight layover (impossible in real life, however, given that there is no airport in Bucksnort). A town with the same name also features prominently in the "Beware of the Dog" episode of the television series Millennium

Millennium (TV series)

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