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Welcome to Corona ...

Corona is located in Tipton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Corona, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Corona is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Corona and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Corona: 731

Communities Also Named Corona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Corona - they are located in Alabama, California (2), Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, New York and South Dakota.

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

Communities near Corona ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Corona ...

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

Adding Corona to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Corona post office opened in 1878. The Corona post office closed in 1931.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Corona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Tipton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Corona - 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/