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Welcome to Little River ...

Little River is located in Blount County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Little River, you might consider that their post office opened in 1849.

A typical abbreviation for Little River: Little Riv.

Little River is 850 feet [259 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Little River: 865

Communities Also Named Little River ...

While we believe that this Little River is located in Blount County, we know of another 2 Tennessee communities named Little River. Those communities are located in the following counties: Knox and Monroe County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 30 communities that are also named Little River - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (3), South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and Yukon.

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

Websites for Little River ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.blountchamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Little River, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Little River ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Kodak
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Maryville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Farragut
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Spring Hill
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • McMullens
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • McMullens is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullens
    • Estimated population in 2014: 13,620 people
  • Seymour Heights
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Seymour Heights is located in Sevier County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seymour Heights
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 10,919 people
  • Alcoa
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Alcoa is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcoa
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,382 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcoa <3>
  • Lenoir City
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Cowan Springs
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Cowan Springs is located in Blount County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan Springs
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,010 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 River. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Little River.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Little River ...

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

Adding Little River to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Little River post office opened in 1849. The Little River post office closed in 1852.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Little River.

Footnotes ...

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