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Welcome to Almaville ...

Almaville is located in Rutherford County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Almaville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Almaville is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Almaville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Almaville - it's located in Quebec.

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

Websites for Almaville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.rutherfordchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Almaville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Almaville ...

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

  • Murfreesboro
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Murphree
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Smyrna
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Smyrna is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <3>
  • Brentwood
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • La Vergne
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Morrow
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Nolensville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jefferson Pike
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
  • Thompson's Station
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Thompson's Station is located in Williamson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompson's Station
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,973 people
    • Former name for Thompson's Station:
    • Littlebury
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thompson's Station <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 Almaville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Almaville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Almaville ...

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

Adding Almaville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Almaville post office opened in 1879. The Almaville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Almaville.

Footnotes ...

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