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Welcome to Little Barren ...

Little Barren is located in Claiborne County<1>.

Little Barren is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Little Barren (for example, toward Gernt), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Little Barren: 423 & 729<3>

Communities Also Named Little Barren ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Tennessee communities named Little Barren: This one is located in Claiborne County and the other is located in Union County.

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

Communities near Little Barren ...

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

  • Dyers Ferry
    (18 miles [29 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
  • Middlesboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Oakland
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Oakland is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland
    • Estimated population in 2014: 7,316 people
  • Harrogate
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Beans
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Beans is located in Grainger County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beans
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,084 people
  • New Tazewell
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Maynardville
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Tazewell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Plainview
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Plainview is located in Union County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainview
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,184 people
  • Ridgeview Heights
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Ridgeview Heights is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ridgeview Heights
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,979 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 Little Barren. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little Barren.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little Barren ...

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

Footnotes ...

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