Welcome to Fox ...

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

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

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Fox would have been located within present day Sevier County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Fox, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Fox is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Code where Fox was located: 865

Communities Also Named Fox ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Fox - they are located in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (4), Kentucky, Michigan (4), Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana (2), New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas (4), Utah (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Fox ...

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

• Kodak
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Kodak is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodak
  • Estimated population in 2014: 184,281 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kodak <4>
• Clevenger
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Clevenger is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clevenger
  • Estimated population in 2014: 43,182 people
• Cook Mill
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
  • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
• Sevierville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Sevierville is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sevierville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,426 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sevierville <4>
• Dyers Ferry
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
  • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
• Jefferson City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson City is located in Jefferson County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,234 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jefferson City <4>
• Oakland
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Oakland is located in Grainger County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
  • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
• Newport
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Newport is located in Cocke County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,894 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newport <4>
• Pigeon Forge
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Pigeon Forge is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Forge
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,237 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pigeon Forge <4>
• Harrisburg
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Harrisburg is located in Sevier County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrisburg
  • Estimated population in 2014: 6,219 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 Fox. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Fox.

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

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

Adding Fox to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Fox 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 (so far) for Fox was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Fox post office opened in 1883. The Fox post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Fox.