Welcome to Holly ...

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

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

Holly would have been located within present day Coffee County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holly, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Holly is 1,080 feet [329 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

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

The location where Holly once stood is in the (931) area code.

Communities Also Named Holly ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Holly - they are located in Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Ontario, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holly.

Communities near Holly ...

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

• Tullahoma
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tullahoma
  • Tullahoma is located in Coffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,790 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tullahoma <5>
• McMinnville
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMinnville
  • McMinnville is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,776 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McMinnville <5>
• Manchester
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Manchester is located in Coffee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,262 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <5>
• Woodbury
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodbury
  • Woodbury is located in Cannon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,971 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Woodbury <5>
• Southgate Park
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • 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
• New Union
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Union have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Union
  • New Union is located in Coffee County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,431 people
• Morrison
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
  • Morrison is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 727 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrison <5>
• Wartrace
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wartrace
  • Wartrace is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 719 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wartrace <5>
• Hollow Springs
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hollow Springs have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollow Springs
  • Hollow Springs is located in Cannon County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 706 people
• Bell Buckle
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bell Buckle have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell Buckle
  • Bell Buckle is located in Bedford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 537 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bell Buckle <5>

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 Holly. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holly.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holly. 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 Holly.

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

Adding Holly to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Holly 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 Holly was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Holly post office opened in 1879.

We also found Holly in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holly.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Coffee County: www.coffeecountytn.org/

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