Welcome to Ambro ...

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

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

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Ambro would have been located within present day Grainger County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ambro, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ambro is 1,230 feet [375 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The Area Code where Ambro was located: 865

Communities near Ambro ...

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

• Kodak
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Kodak is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
  • Estimated population in 2014: 184,281 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kodak <4>
• Cook Mill
  (19 miles [30.6 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
• Dyers Ferry
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
  • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
• Jefferson City
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jefferson City is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <4>
• Oakland
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
• Kings Valley
  (18 miles [29 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
• Beans
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Beans is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
  • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
• New Tazewell
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • New Tazewell is located in Claiborne County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Tazewell
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,705 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Tazewell <4>
• Maynardville
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Maynardville is located in Union County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maynardville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,452 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maynardville <4>
• Mascot
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Mascot is located in Knox County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mascot
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,411 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 Ambro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ambro.

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

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

Adding Ambro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ambro 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 Ambro was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ambro.