Welcome to Holmansville ...
So far, we found very little information about Holmansville. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Holmansville to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Holmansville, please Contact Us.
Holmansville would have been located within present day Robertson County<2>.
The location of Holmansville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>
While we don't have a date for the founding of Holmansville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Holmansville is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<4>.
Time Zone: The area where Holmansville was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
If Holmansville still existed, it would have been in the (615) area code.
Communities Also Named Holmansville ...
Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Holmansville - it's located in New Jersey.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Holmansville.
Communities near Holmansville ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Holmansville.
- Cheap Hill
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cheap Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Clarksville
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksville
- Clarksville is located in Montgomery County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 161,247 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarksville <5>
- Springfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Springfield
- Springfield is located in Robertson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 17,288 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Springfield <5>
- Greenbrier
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenbrier
- Greenbrier is located in Robertson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 6,905 people
- Louise Heights
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
- Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
- Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
- Pleasant View
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Pleasant View is located in Cheatham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 5,055 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant View <5>
- Ashland City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Coopertown
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Coopertown have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- Ridgetop
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast) - Ridgepost ‑ Historic
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
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 Holmansville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Holmansville.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Holmansville. 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 Holmansville.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Holmansville. See our Newspapers Page for Holmansville.
Adding Holmansville to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Holmansville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.
From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Holmansville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Holmansville post office opened in 1873.
We also found Holmansville on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Holmansville.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Holmansville, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Robertson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <4> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Holmansville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |