Welcome to Drop ...
So far, we found very little information about Drop. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Drop to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Drop, please Contact Us.
Drop would have been located within present day White County<2>.
The location of Drop has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Drop, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Drop is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Drop was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you travel east from Drop (for example, toward Lakemont Heights), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).
If Drop still existed, it would have been in the (931) area code.
Communities Also Named Drop ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Drop - it's located in Texas.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Drop.
Communities near Drop ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Drop.
- Clarktown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cookeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookeville
- Cookeville is located in Putnam County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 35,060 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cookeville <5>
- McMinnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMinnville
- McMinnville is located in Warren County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 13,776 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McMinnville <5>
- Temperance Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temperance Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
- Sparta is located in White County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,980 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sparta <5>
- Smithville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithville
- Smithville is located in DeKalb County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,978 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smithville <5>
- Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north) - Sopha ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south) - White Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Pekin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
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 Drop. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Drop.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Drop. 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 Drop.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Drop. See our Newspapers Page for Drop.
Adding Drop to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Drop 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 for Drop was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Drop post office opened in 1889.
We also found Drop in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Drop.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Drop, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including White, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Drop - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |