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Welcome to Cabo ...

Cabo is located in Chester County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cabo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

Cabo is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Cabo, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Cabo: 731

Communities near Cabo ...

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

  • Parkburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Parkburg is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkburg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,156 people
  • Lexington
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Deanburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Deanburg is located in Chester County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deanburg
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,395 people
  • Savannah
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Henderson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Swift
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Swift is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,874 people
  • Selmer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Adamsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jacks Creek
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Crump
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cabo ...

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

Adding Cabo to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cabo post office opened in 1897. The Cabo post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cabo.

Footnotes ...

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