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Welcome to Jimtown ...

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

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

Jimtown would have been located within present day Davidson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Jimtown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Jimtown is 500 feet [152 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Jimtown was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Jimtown was located: 615 & 629<4>

Communities Also Named Jimtown ...

While we believe that this Jimtown is located in Davidson County, we know of another 2 Tennessee communities named Jimtown. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cannon and Cocke County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 27 communities that are also named Jimtown - they are located in California, Delaware, Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Kansas, Kentucky (3), Maryland, Missouri (2), Montana, Nova Scotia, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, West Virginia (3) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Jimtown ...

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

  • Murphree
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Franklin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Hendersonville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Smyrna
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • 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 <5>
  • Brentwood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Mount Juliet
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • La Vergne
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Morrow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Goodlettsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Marvel ‑ Historic
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Marvel is located in Davidson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marvel
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,322 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 Jimtown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Jimtown.

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

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

Adding Jimtown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Jimtown 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 (so far) for Jimtown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Jimtown post office opened in 1893. The Jimtown post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Jimtown.

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 Jimtown, 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 Davidson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Jimtown - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Jimtown area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Jimtown area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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