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Welcome to Legate ...

Legate is located in Stewart County<1>.

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

Legate is 670 feet [204 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Legate lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Legate: 931

Communities near Legate ...

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

  • Clarksville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Oakridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Oakridge is located in Montgomery County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,303 people
  • Brownsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsville
    • Brownsville is located in Houston County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,974 people
  • Oak Grove
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Louise Heights
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Louise Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louise Heights
    • Louise Heights is located in Montgomery County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,715 people
  • Throckmorton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dover
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tennessee Ridge
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Erin
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Cumberland City
    (11 miles [17.7 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 Legate. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Legate.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Legate ...

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

Adding Legate to Our Gazetteer ...

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

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

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Legate.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Legate. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Stewart County: www.stewartcountygovernment.com

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Stewart, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Legate - 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>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.
<5>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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