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Welcome to Cainsville ...

Cainsville is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cainsville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1830.

Cainsville is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cainsville: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Cainsville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Cainsville - they are located in Missouri and Ontario.

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

Communities near Cainsville ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cainsville ...

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

Adding Cainsville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cainsville post office opened in 1830. The Cainsville post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cainsville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cainsville - 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 Cainsville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Cainsville 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/