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Welcome to Abiff ...

Abiff is located in Dickson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Abiff, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

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

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

Communities near Abiff ...

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

  • Dickson
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fairview
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • White Bluff
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Centerville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingston Springs
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Pegram
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Loriland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Loriland is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loriland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,735 people
  • Charlotte
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Burns
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Graytown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Graytown is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Abiff ...

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

Adding Abiff to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Abiff post office opened in 1887. The Abiff post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Abiff.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Dickson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Abiff - 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/