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Welcome to Major ...

Major is located in Wilson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Major, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Major is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Major: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Major ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Major - they are located in Georgia, Kentucky (2), Missouri, Saskatchewan, Utah and Virginia (2).

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

Communities near Major ...

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

  • Murfreesboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Murphree
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Smyrna
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Smyrna is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smyrna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 53,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Smyrna <4>
  • Mount Juliet
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • La Vergne
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Morrow
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Jefferson Pike
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jefferson Pike is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Pike
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,370 people
  • Lynn Christie
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Lynn Christie is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lynn Christie
    • Estimated population in 2011: 6,411 people
  • Centerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Centerville is located in Wilson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centerville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,595 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 Major. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Major.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Major ...

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

Adding Major to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Major post office opened in 1895. The Major post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Major.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Major - 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 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Major area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Major 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.
<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/