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Welcome to Ashland ...

Ashland is located in Wayne County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ashland, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Ashland is 720 feet [219 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ashland: 931

Communities Also Named Ashland ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 56 communities that are also named Ashland - they are located in Alabama (2), California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia (3), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (5), Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Maine, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan (2), Mississippi (4), Missouri (2), Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (2), Rhode Island, South Carolina (2), Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Ashland ...

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

  • Hohenwald
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Clifton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Waynesboro
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Voorhies
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Voorhies is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voorhies
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,476 people
  • Linden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Collinwood
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Collinwood is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collinwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 932 people
  • Hornertown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Hornertown is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornertown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 412 people
  • Slickrock Ford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Slickrock Ford is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slickrock Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 179 people
  • Flatwoods
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Kimmins
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Kimmins is located in Lewis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimmins

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ashland ...

Looking for more information about Ashland? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Ashland, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Ashland.

Adding Ashland to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ashland post office opened in 1839. The Ashland post office closed in 1874.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ashland.

Footnotes ...

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