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Welcome to Bright ...

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

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

Bright would have been located within present day Hamblen County<2>.

The location of Bright has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Bright had a population of 2,735 people.<4> (see below for details).

While the community is gone, the present day location for Bright is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<5>.

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

Communities Also Named Bright ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Bright - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Bright ...

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

  • Morristown
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
    • Morristown lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<6> to the southwest of Bright.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,275 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morristown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Morristown
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morristown<7>
  • Dyers Ferry
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Dyers Ferry lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> to the southwest of Bright.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dyers Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Dyers Ferry
  • Jefferson City
  • Oakland
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    • Oakland lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<6> to the southwest of Bright.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakland have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Oakland
  • Rogersville
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    • Rogersville lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<6> to the northeast of Bright.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,364 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rogersville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Rogersville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rogersville<7>
  • Trent Valley
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    • Trent Valley lies 15 miles [24.1 km]<6> to the north of Bright.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,157 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trent Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Trent Valley
  • Bean Station
  • Beans
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    • Beans lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<6> to the northwest of Bright.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Beans have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Beans
  • Monte Vista Estates
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monte Vista Estates
    • Monte Vista Estates lies 8 miles [12.9 km]<6> to the south of Bright.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,860 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Monte Vista Estates have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Monte Vista Estates
  • White Pine
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Pine
    • White Pine lies 12 miles [19.3 km]<6> to the south of Bright.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,634 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Pine have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on White Pine
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Pine<7>

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

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

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

Adding Bright to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bright in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bright was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

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

We also found Bright in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bright.

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 Bright, 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 Hamblen, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Bright.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bright - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bright) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bright. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.2812, Longitude: -83.2382       In this case, the coordinates for Bright have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>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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