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Welcome to Jearoldstown ...

Jearoldstown is located in Greene County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jearoldstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Jearoldstown is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Jearoldstown lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Jearoldstown: 423 & 729<3>

Communities near Jearoldstown ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Jearoldstown ...

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

Adding Jearoldstown to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Jearoldstown post office opened in 1885. The Jearoldstown post office closed in 1933.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jearoldstown.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Greene, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jearoldstown - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Jearoldstown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Jearoldstown 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/