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Welcome to Awalt ...

So far, we found very little information about Awalt. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Awalt to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Awalt, please Contact Us.


Awalt would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.


The location of Awalt has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Awalt, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1845.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Awalt is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Awalt was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Awalt (for example, toward Signal Terrace), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Awalt still existed, it would have been in the (931) area code.

Websites for Awalt ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.franklincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Awalt, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Awalt ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Awalt.

  • Shelbyville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Tullahoma
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Manchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Winchester
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Fayetteville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Lynchburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lynchburg have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynchburg
    • Lynchburg is located in Moore County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lynchburg <5>
  • Gattistown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gattistown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Decherd
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Decherd have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Decherd
    • Decherd is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,372 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Decherd <5>
  • Sewanee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Southgate Park
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Southgate Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
    • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Awalt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Awalt.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Awalt. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Awalt.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Awalt. See our Newspapers Page for Awalt.

Adding Awalt to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Awalt in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Awalt was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Awalt post office opened in 1845.

We also found Awalt on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Awalt.

The official website for Franklin County: www.franklincotn.us/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Awalt, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Awalt - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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