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Welcome to Dancyville ...

Dancyville is located in Haywood County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dancyville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Dancyville is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Dancyville: 731

Communities near Dancyville ...

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

  • Brownsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Oakland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Feathers Chapel
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Feathers Chapel is located in Fayette County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Feathers Chapel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,102 people
  • Bolivar
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Whiteville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Somerville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Mason
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Bradford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Bradford is located in Haywood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,017 people
  • Gainesville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Gainesville is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gainesville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 958 people
  • Charleston
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Charleston is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Charleston
    • Estimated population in 2014: 671 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 Dancyville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dancyville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dancyville ...

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

Adding Dancyville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dancyville 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 Dancyville was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dancyville.

Footnotes ...

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