Welcome to Tedders ...

Tedders is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tedders, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

Tedders is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Tedders and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Tedders: 606

Communities near Tedders ...

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

• London
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • London is located in Laurel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for London
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,072 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for London <3>
• Corbin
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Corbin is located in Whitley County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,139 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corbin <3>
• Barbourville
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Barbourville is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barbourville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,974 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Barbourville <3>
• Manchester
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Manchester is located in Clay County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manchester
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,277 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manchester <3>
• Lake
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Lake is located in Laurel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake
• Bush
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bush is located in Laurel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bush
• Girdler
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Girdler is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Girdler
• Marydell
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Marydell is located in Laurel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marydell
• Cannon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Cannon is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cannon
• Gray
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Gray is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gray
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gray <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tedders ...

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

Adding Tedders to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Tedders post office opened in 1909. The Tedders post office closed in 1983.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tedders.