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Welcome to Chennault ...

Chennault is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Chennault, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Chennault is 460 feet [140 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Chennault lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Chennault: 706 & 762<3>

Websites for Chennault ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.lincolncountyga.org/

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

Communities near Chennault ...

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

  • Washington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • McCormick
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • McCormick is located in McCormick County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCormick
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,320 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McCormick <4>
  • Calhoun Falls
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Lincolnton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hesters Ferry
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Hesters Ferry is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hesters Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2019: 911 people
  • Lundberg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Lundberg is located in Wilkes County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lundberg
    • Estimated population in 2019: 831 people
  • Tignall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Silk Mills
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Silk Mills is located in Elbert County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silk Mills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 277 people
  • Rayle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Troy
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Troy is located in Greenwood County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 101 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Chennault ...

Looking for more information about Chennault? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Chennault, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Chennault.

Adding Chennault to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Chennault in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Chennault was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Chennault post office opened in 1894. The Chennault post office closed in 1911.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Chennault.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Chennault - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 706 code has been Overlayed with the 762 area code. New phone numbers in the Chennault area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Chennault area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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