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.

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

The location of Clinch River has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

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).

If Clinch River still existed, it would have been in the (865) area code.

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 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.

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 <5>
• 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.<3> 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.<3> 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 <5>
• 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.<3> 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 <5>
• Alcoa
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Alcoa have been provided by the GNIS.<3> 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 <5>
• Clinton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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 <5>
• 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 <5>
• 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.<3> 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.<3> 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.<3> 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.<6>

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/