Welcome to Agreeable ...
So far, we found very little information about Agreeable. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Agreeable to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Agreeable, please Contact Us.
Agreeable would have been located within present day Grainger County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Agreeable, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Agreeable is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<3>.
Time Zone: The area where Agreeable was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time
The Area Code where Agreeable was located: 865
Communities near Agreeable ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Agreeable.
- Kodak
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Cook Mill
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
- Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
- Morristown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
- Dyers Ferry
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
- Jefferson City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Oakland
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Oakland is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
- Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
- Kings Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
- Dandridge
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
- Beans
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Beans is located in Grainger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
- Monte Vista Estates
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Monte Vista Estates is located in Hamblen County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 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 Agreeable. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Agreeable.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Agreeable. 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 Agreeable.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Agreeable. See our Newspapers Page for Agreeable.
Adding Agreeable to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Agreeable 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 Agreeable was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Agreeable post office opened in 1887. The Agreeable post office closed in 1901.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Agreeable.
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 Agreeable, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Grainger, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Agreeable - 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/ |