Do you know of Cog Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Cog Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Cog Hill.<1>

Our sources for Cog Hill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Cog Hill other than they indicate that Cog Hill would be found somewhere in McMinn County, Tennessee.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Cog Hill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Cog Hill:

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Cog Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Cog Hill.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/16020   (Place Name: Cog Hill)

County: McMinn     (FIPS State/County: 47/107)

Class: U6

Identifies a populated place (ie- Cog Hill) that is wholly or substantially located outside the boundaries of any incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) that has an authoritative common name recognized by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  McMinn County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in McMinn County.