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Welcome to Clouse Hill ...

Clouse Hill is located in Grundy County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Clouse Hill, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Clouse Hill is 1,960 feet [597 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Clouse Hill (for example, toward Falling Water), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Clouse Hill: 931

Communities near Clouse Hill ...

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

  • Winchester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jasper
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Decherd
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Sewanee
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Cartwright
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Cartwright is located in Sequatchie County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cartwright
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,261 people
  • Estill Springs
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Gruetli
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gruetli is located in Grundy County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gruetli
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,775 people
  • Gruetli - Laager
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Whitwell
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Cowan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Cowan is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Clouse Hill ...

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

Adding Clouse Hill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Clouse Hill 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 Clouse Hill was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Clouse Hill post office opened in 1901. The Clouse Hill post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Clouse Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Grundy, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Clouse Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/