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Welcome to Holly Leaf ...

Holly Leaf is located in Gibson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Holly Leaf, you might consider that their post office opened in 1854.

Holly Leaf is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Holly Leaf: 731

Communities near Holly Leaf ...

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

  • Lavinia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Ledbetter
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Ledbetter is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledbetter
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,427 people
  • Humboldt
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Milan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • McKenzie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Medina
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Trenton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Huntingdon
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Union Central
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Union Central is located in Gibson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union Central
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,574 people
  • Dresden
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Holly Leaf ...

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

Adding Holly Leaf to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Holly Leaf post office opened in 1854. The Holly Leaf post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Holly Leaf.

Footnotes ...

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