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Welcome to Carr Branch ...

Carr Branch is located in Claiborne County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Carr Branch: Carr Br. (or less commonly used: Carr Brnch.)

Carr Branch is 1,070 feet [326 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Carr Branch: 423 & 729<3>

Communities near Carr Branch ...

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

  • Dyers Ferry
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
  • Middlesboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Oakland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
  • Harrogate
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Beans
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
  • New Tazewell
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Maynardville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Tazewell
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainview
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Plainview is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
  • Blaine
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Carr Branch ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Claiborne, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Carr Branch - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Carr Branch area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Carr Branch 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.