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Welcome to Horace ...

So far, we found very little information about Horace. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Horace to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Horace, please Contact Us.

Horace would have been located within present day Sullivan County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Horace, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Horace is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Horace was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Horace was located: 423

Communities Also Named Horace ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Horace - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas.

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

Communities near Horace ...

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

  • Johnson City
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson City
    • Johnson City is located in Washington County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 67,142 people
    • Former names for Johnson City:
    • Blue Plum Station
    • Haynesville
    • Johnsons Depot
    • Johnsons Tank
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson City <4>
  • Collingwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Collingwood have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collingwood
    • Collingwood is located in Sullivan County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 48,655 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Collingwood <4>
  • Bristol
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • East Ridge
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for East Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Ridge
    • East Ridge is located in Washington County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 21,317 people
  • Cross
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross
    • Cross is located in Sullivan County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,330 people
  • Mill Point
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mill Point
    • Mill Point is located in Sullivan County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,080 people
  • Bloomingdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bloomingdale. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomingdale
    • Bloomingdale is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 9,888 people
  • Colonial Heights
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Colonial Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colonial Heights
    • Colonial Heights is located in Sullivan County
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,934 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Colonial Heights <4>
  • Church Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Church Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Church Hill
    • Church Hill is located in Hawkins County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,643 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Church Hill <4>
  • Jonesborough
    (18 miles [29 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 Horace. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Horace.

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

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

Adding Horace to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Horace 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 Horace was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Horace post office opened in 1880.

We also found Horace in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Horace.

The official website for Sullivan County: www.sullivancounty.org/

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 Horace, 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 Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Horace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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