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Welcome to Joppa ...

Joppa is located in Grainger County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Joppa, you might consider that their post office opened in 1933.

Joppa is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Joppa: 865

Communities Also Named Joppa ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Joppa: This one is located in Grainger County and the other is located in White County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 17 communities that are also named Joppa - they are located in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina (2), Ohio (2), Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Joppa ...

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

  • Kodak
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Cook Mill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
    • Cook Mill is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cook Mill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 31,335 people
  • Morristown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Dyers Ferry
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dyers Ferry is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dyers Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,839 people
  • Jefferson City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Oakland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
  • Kings Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
  • Dandridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Bean Station
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Beans
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 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 Joppa. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Joppa.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Joppa ...

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

Adding Joppa to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Joppa post office opened in 1933. The Joppa post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Joppa.

Footnotes ...

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