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Welcome to Frost ...

Frost is located in Anderson County<1>.

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

Frost is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Frost lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

Area Code for Frost: 865

Communities Also Named Frost ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Frost - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Michigan (3), Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico (2), Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and West Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Frost ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.andersoncountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Frost ...

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

  • Fraterville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Oak Ridge
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Farragut
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Spring Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Clinton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Lenoir City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • Harriman
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Kingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • White Wing Ferry
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • White Wing Ferry is located in Loudon County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Wing Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,550 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 Frost. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Frost.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Frost ...

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

Adding Frost to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Frost post office opened in 1880. The Frost post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Frost.

Footnotes ...

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