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Welcome to Flynns Lick ...

Flynns Lick is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Flynns Lick, you might consider that their post office opened in 1851.

Flynns Lick is 530 feet [162 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Flynns Lick (for example, toward Sunbright), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Flynns Lick: 931

Communities near Flynns Lick ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Cookeville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Difficult
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Difficult is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Difficult
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
  • Temperance Hall
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Temperance Hall is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
  • Lafayette
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Lafayette is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lafayette
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,962 people
  • Algood
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Carthage
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • White Plains
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
  • Pekin ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Pekin is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pekin
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,114 people
  • Bluff Creek
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Bluff Creek is located in Smith County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 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 Flynns Lick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Flynns Lick.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Flynns Lick ...

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

Adding Flynns Lick to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Flynns Lick 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 Flynns Lick was in the book titled Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Flynns Lick.

Footnotes ...

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