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Welcome to Briceville ...

Briceville is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Briceville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1888.

Briceville is 910 feet [277 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Briceville: 865

The ZIP code for Briceville: 37710<3>

Communities Also Named Briceville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Briceville - it's located in Georgia.

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

Websites for Briceville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.andersoncountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Briceville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Briceville ...

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

  • Oak Ridge
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Spring Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Clinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • LaFollette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • LaFollette is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
    • LaFollette has also been known as:
    • Big Creek Gap
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <4>
  • Smithwood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Smithwood is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,661 people
  • Oak Grove Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Oak Grove Heights is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 4,425 people
  • Hunting Hills West
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunting Hills West is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunting Hills West
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,970 people
  • Oliver Springs
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Coalfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Coalfield is located in Morgan County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coalfield
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,463 people
  • Pine Crest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 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 Briceville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Briceville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briceville ...

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

Adding Briceville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Briceville post office opened in 1888.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Briceville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briceville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Briceville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Briceville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/