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Welcome to Ethel ...

So far, we found very little information about Ethel. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Ethel to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Ethel, please Contact Us.

Ethel would have been located within present day Roane County<2>.


The location of Ethel has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Ethel, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Ethel had a population of 2,055 people.<4> (see below for details).

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ethel is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: The area where Ethel was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Ethel (for example, toward Rogers), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

The location where Ethel once stood is in the (865) area code.

Communities Also Named Ethel ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Ethel - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Texas, Virginia, Washington (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Ethel ...

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

  • Fraterville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fraterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Farragut
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farragut have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farragut
    • Farragut is located in Knox County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,045 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farragut <6>
  • Spring Hill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • College Grove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for College Grove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Clinton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
    • Clinton is located in Anderson County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,119 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <6>
  • Lenoir City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aldenwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • Harriman
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Harriman have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harriman
    • Harriman is located in Morgan County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,182 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harriman <6>
  • Loudon
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Kingston
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

Adding Ethel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ethel in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Ethel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Ethel post office opened in 1880.

We also found Ethel in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ethel.

The official website for Roane County: www.roanealliance.org/

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 Ethel, 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 Roane, 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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Ethel.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ethel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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