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Welcome to Grassy Cove ...

Grassy Cove is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Grassy Cove, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837.

A typical abbreviation for Grassy Cove: Grassy Cv.

Grassy Cove is 1,540 feet [469 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Grassy Cove (for example, toward Calico), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Grassy Cove: 931

Communities near Grassy Cove ...

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

  • Lakemont Heights
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Lakemont Heights is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakemont Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 12,564 people
  • Crossville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • College Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • College Grove is located in Roane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 10,729 people
  • Fairfield Glade
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Rockwood
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Rogers
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rogers is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,406 people
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Newton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • Spring City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Grassy Cove ...

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

Adding Grassy Cove to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Grassy Cove post office opened in 1837. The Grassy Cove post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Grassy Cove.

Footnotes ...

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