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Welcome to Beaver Dam ...

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

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


Beaver Dam would have been located within present day Jefferson County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Beaver Dam is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Beaver Dam was located: 865

Communities Also Named Beaver Dam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Beaver Dam - they are located in Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York (2), Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Beaver Dam ...

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

  • Kodak
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Clevenger
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Cook Mill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Morristown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Sevierville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Dyers Ferry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
  • Jefferson City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Oakland
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Oakland is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
  • Newport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Pigeon Forge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

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 Beaver Dam, 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 Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beaver Dam - 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.