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Welcome to Brackentown ...

Brackentown is located in Sumner County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Brackentown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

Brackentown is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Brackentown: 615 & 629<3>

Communities near Brackentown ...

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

  • Gallatin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Portland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • White House
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Simpson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
  • Scottsville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Westmoreland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Hall Town
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall Town is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
  • Cross Plains
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Ocana
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Ocana is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocana
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,086 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Brackentown ...

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

Adding Brackentown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Brackentown 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 Brackentown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Brackentown post office opened in 1877. The Brackentown post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Brackentown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sumner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Brackentown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Brackentown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Brackentown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/