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>.
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.<3>.
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).
The Area Code where Drop was located: 931
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)
- Clarktown is located in White County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
- Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
- Cookeville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- McMinnville
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Temperance Hall
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
- Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
- Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Smithville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Lafayette is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
- Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
- Sopha ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Sopha is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sopha
- Estimated population in 2014: 3,104 people
- White Plains
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- White Plains is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
- Pekin ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Pekin is located in Putnam County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
- Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 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 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 (so far) for Drop was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Drop post office opened in 1889. The Drop post office closed in 1904.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Drop.
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 elevation is an estimate for the area around Drop - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | 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/ |