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Welcome to Blue Gem ...

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

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

Blue Gem would have been located within present day Morgan County<2>.


We aren't confident of the location of Blue Gem, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Gem, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1904.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Blue Gem is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Blue Gem (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Blue Gem would have been located in the (423) area code.

Communities near Blue Gem ...

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

  • Oak Ridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
    • Oak Ridge is located in Anderson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,340 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Ridge <6>
  • Farragut
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farragut have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farragut
    • Farragut is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,045 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farragut <6>
  • Spring Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Lakemont Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lakemont Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
    • Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
  • College Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Clinton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Clinton is located in Anderson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <6>
  • Lenoir City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Harriman
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriman have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriman
    • Harriman is located in Morgan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harriman <6>
  • Loudon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Kingston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Blue Gem to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Blue Gem 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 for Blue Gem was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Blue Gem post office opened in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Blue Gem.

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

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 Blue Gem, 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 Morgan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Gem - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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