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Welcome to Duncanville ...

Duncanville is located in Marshall County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Duncanville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Duncanville is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Duncanville: 931

Communities Also Named Duncanville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Duncanville - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Texas and Virginia.

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

Websites for Duncanville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.marshallchamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Duncanville, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Duncanville ...

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

  • Columbia
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Powell Chapel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Powell Chapel is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powell Chapel
  • Southport
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Southport is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southport
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,110 people
  • Wales
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Wales is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wales
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,031 people
  • Chapel Hill
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Unionville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Olivet
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Olivet is located in Giles County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olivet
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,350 people
  • Cornersville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Graymere Manor
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Graymere Manor is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graymere Manor
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,222 people
  • Scotts Mill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Scotts Mill is located in Maury County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotts Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 983 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 Duncanville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Duncanville.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Duncanville ...

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

Adding Duncanville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Duncanville post office opened in 1893. The Duncanville post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Duncanville.

Footnotes ...

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