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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
- Knoxville is located in Knox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 190,223 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <4>
- Fraterville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fraterville have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
- Fraterville is located in Anderson County
- Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
- Oak Ridge
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
- Oak Ridge is located in Anderson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 29,340 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Ridge <4>
- Farragut
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farragut have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farragut
- Farragut is located in Knox County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 24,045 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farragut <4>
- Alcoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alcoa have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
- Alcoa is located in Blount County
- 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)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Clinton. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
- Clinton is located in Anderson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 10,119 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <4>
- Lenoir City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lenoir City
- Lenoir City is located in Loudon County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,323 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lenoir City <4>
- Aldenwood Park
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aldenwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
- Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
- Humes Ferry
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humes Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
- Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
- Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
- Kings Valley
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
- Kings Valley is located in Knox County
- 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 for Clinch River was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Clinch River post office opened in 1877.
We also found Clinch River on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Clinch River.
Off-the-Road Links ...
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 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> | 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. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |