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Welcome to Blue Grass ...

Blue Grass is located in Knox County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Blue Grass, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Blue Grass is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Blue Grass lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Code for Blue Grass: 865

Communities Also Named Blue Grass ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Blue Grass - they are located in Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky (2), Minnesota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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

Communities near Blue Grass ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Maryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Oak Ridge
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Farragut
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Spring Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • McMullens
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • McMullens is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Alcoa
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Alcoa is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <3>
  • Clinton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Lenoir City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Grass ...

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

Adding Blue Grass to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Blue Grass post office opened in 1895. The Blue Grass post office closed in 1904.

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

Footnotes ...

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