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Welcome to Boomer ...

Boomer is located in Cocke County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Boomer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Boomer is 2,980 feet [908 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Boomer is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Communities Also Named Boomer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Boomer - they are located in Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Boomer ...

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

  • Clevenger
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
    • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
  • Newport
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jaybird
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Jaybird is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jaybird
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,299 people
  • West Myers
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • West Myers is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Myers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,282 people
  • Marshall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Hot Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Parrottsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Nough
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Nough is located in Cocke County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nough
  • Bluff
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bluff is located in Madison County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff
  • Spring Creek
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Spring Creek is located in Madison County (NC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Boomer ...

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

Adding Boomer to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Boomer post office opened in 1905. The Boomer post office closed in 1927.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Boomer.

Footnotes ...

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