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Welcome to Nanney ...

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

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


Nanney would have been located within present day Rutherford County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nanney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Nanney is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Nanney was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Nanney was located: 828

Communities near Nanney ...

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

  • Black Mountain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Marion
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Forest City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Spindale
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Rutherfordton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Landrum
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Landrum is located in Spartanburg County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Landrum
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,725 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Landrum <4>
  • Tryon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake Lure
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Columbus
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Montreat
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Nanney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Nanney 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 Nanney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Nanney post office opened in 1903. The Nanney post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nanney.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Nanney, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Rutherford, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Nanney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/