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Welcome to Tesnatee ...

Tesnatee is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tesnatee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Tesnatee is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tesnatee: 706 & 762<3>

Websites for Tesnatee ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.whitecountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Tesnatee ...

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

  • Gainesville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Gainesville Mills
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Gainesville Mills is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville Mills
    • Estimated population in 2019: 43,232 people
  • Willow ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Willow is located in Lumpkin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 15,138 people
  • Dahlonega
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Cornelia
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Cleveland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Baldwin
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Dawsonville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hargrove
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Hargrove is located in Hall County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hargrove
    • Estimated population in 2019: 3,371 people
  • Lula
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tesnatee ...

Looking for more information about Tesnatee? 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 Tesnatee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tesnatee.

Adding Tesnatee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tesnatee 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 (so far) for Tesnatee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Tesnatee post office opened in 1880. The Tesnatee post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tesnatee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Georgia's counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tesnatee - 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 Tesnatee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 706 or 762. As a result, placing a call in the Tesnatee 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/