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Welcome to Holloway ...

Holloway is located in Wilson County<1>.

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

Holloway is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Holloway: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Holloway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Holloway - they are located in Alabama, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio and Utah.

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

Communities near Holloway ...

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

  • Murphree
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Hendersonville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Smyrna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Smyrna is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <4>
  • Gallatin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Juliet
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Lebanon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • La Vergne
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrow
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Hartsville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jefferson Pike
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 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 Holloway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holloway.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holloway ...

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

Adding Holloway to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Holloway post office opened in 1883. The Holloway post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holloway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holloway - 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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Holloway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Holloway 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/