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Welcome to Grantsboro ...

Grantsboro is located in Campbell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grantsboro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Grantsboro is 1,350 feet [411 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Codes for Grantsboro: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Grantsboro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Grantsboro - it's located in North Carolina.

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

Communities near Grantsboro ...

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

  • Fraterville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Clinton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • LaFollette
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • LaFollette is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
    • LaFollette has also been known as:
    • Big Creek Gap
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <4>
  • Maynardville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Pine Crest
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Pine Crest is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Crest
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 2,388 people
  • Plainview
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Plainview is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
  • Jellico
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Caryville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jacksboro
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Ridgeview Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Ridgeview Heights is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,979 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 Grantsboro. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Grantsboro.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grantsboro ...

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

Adding Grantsboro to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Grantsboro 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 Grantsboro was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Grantsboro post office opened in 1839. The Grantsboro post office closed in 1856.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grantsboro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Campbell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Grantsboro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Grantsboro area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Grantsboro area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/