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Welcome to Clinch River ...

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

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


Clinch River would have been located within present day Anderson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clinch River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Clinch River: Clinch Riv.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Clinch River is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

The Area Code where Clinch River was located: 865

Communities Also Named Clinch River ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Clinch River: This one is located in Anderson County and the other is located in Grainger County.

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

Websites for Clinch River ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.andersoncountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Clinch River ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Fraterville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Oak Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Farragut
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Alcoa
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Alcoa is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <4>
  • Clinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Lenoir City
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • Humes Ferry
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
  • Kings Valley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 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 Clinch River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Clinch River.

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

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

Adding Clinch River to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clinch River 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 (so far) for Clinch River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Clinch River post office opened in 1877. The Clinch River post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clinch River.

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 Clinch River, 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 Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clinch River - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/