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Welcome to Huntersville ...

Huntersville is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huntersville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1875.

Huntersville is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Huntersville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Huntersville (for example, toward Oneida (TN)), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Huntersville: 606

Communities Also Named Huntersville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Huntersville - they are located in Indiana, Maryland, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Huntersville ...

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

  • Cooper
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Livingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Thompsons Store
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Jamestown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Albany
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Burkesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Byrdstown
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Oak Dale
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Oak Dale is located in Overton County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
    • Estimated population in 2014: 222 people
  • Chanute
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Chanute is located in Pickett County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chanute
  • Savage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Savage is located in Clinton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savage

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huntersville ...

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

Adding Huntersville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Huntersville 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 Huntersville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Huntersville post office opened in 1875. The Huntersville post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huntersville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Huntersville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/