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Welcome to Long Hollow ...

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

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

Long Hollow would have been located within present day Union County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Long Hollow, you might consider that their post office opened in 1877.

A typical abbreviation for Long Hollow: Long Holw. (or less commonly used: Long Hlw. or Long Hllw.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Long Hollow is 1,180 feet [360 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Long Hollow was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

The Area Code where Long Hollow was located: 865

Communities Also Named Long Hollow ...

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

Beyond Tennessee, there are 3 communities that are also named Long Hollow - they are located in Ohio and Texas.

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

Communities near Long Hollow ...

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

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 Long Hollow. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Long Hollow.

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

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

Adding Long Hollow to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Long Hollow 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 (so far) for Long Hollow was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Long Hollow post office opened in 1877. The Long Hollow post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Long Hollow.

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 Long Hollow, 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 Union, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Long Hollow - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/