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Welcome to Ketchall ...

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

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


Ketchall would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.


The location of Ketchall has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Ketchall, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ketchall is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Ketchall (for example, toward Lookout Mountain (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

If Ketchall still existed, it would have been in the (423) area code.

Communities near Ketchall ...

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

  • Jasper
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Jasper have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jasper
    • Jasper is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,412 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jasper <5>
  • Sewanee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bridgeport
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bridgeport have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bridgeport
    • Bridgeport is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,272 people
    • Former name for Bridgeport:
    • Jonesville
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bridgeport <5>
  • Trenton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Trenton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trenton
    • Trenton is located in Dade County (GA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,153 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trenton <5>
  • Stevenson
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Stevenson have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
    • Stevenson is located in Jackson County (AL)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,896 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevenson <5>
  • Morganville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Morganville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morganville
    • Morganville is located in Dade County (GA)
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,835 people
  • Whitwell
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitwell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitwell
    • Whitwell is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,719 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitwell <5>
  • Cowan
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cowan have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
    • Cowan is located in Franklin County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <5>
  • Tracy City
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tracy City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tracy City
    • Tracy City is located in Grundy County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tracy City <5>
  • Powells Crossroads
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Powells Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Powells Crossroads
    • Powells Crossroads is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,352 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 Ketchall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ketchall.

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

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

Adding Ketchall to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ketchall 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 Ketchall was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Ketchall post office opened in 1879.

We also found Ketchall on a map titled Rand McNally Map of Tennessee (1888).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ketchall.

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 Ketchall, 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 Marion, 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 Ketchall - 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/









 

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