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Welcome to Griffitts ...So far, we found very little information about Griffitts. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Griffitts to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Griffitts, please Contact Us. Griffitts would have been located within present day Loudon County<2>. The location of Griffitts has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Griffitts, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895. While the community is gone, the present day location for Griffitts is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Griffitts was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Griffitts (for example, toward Pikeville), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). The location where Griffitts once stood is in the (865) area code. Websites for Griffitts ...Chamber of Commerce: www.loudoncounty.org/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Griffitts, the following might be of interest: Communities near Griffitts ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Griffitts.
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 Griffitts. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Griffitts. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Griffitts. 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 Griffitts. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Griffitts. See our Newspapers Page for Griffitts. Adding Griffitts to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Griffitts 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 Griffitts was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Griffitts. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Loudon County: www.loudoncounty.org/ The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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