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Welcome to Mansford ...

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

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


Mansford would have been located within present day Franklin County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mansford, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mansford is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Mansford was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Mansford (for example, toward Signal Mountain), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The Area Code where Mansford was located: 931

Communities Also Named Mansford ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Mansford - they are located in Louisiana and Washington.

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

Websites for Mansford ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.franklincountychamber.com/

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

Communities near Mansford ...

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

  • Tullahoma
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Winchester
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fayetteville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lynchburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Gattistown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Gattistown is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gattistown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,158 people
  • Decherd
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Sewanee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Southgate Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Southgate Park is located in Coffee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southgate Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,284 people
  • Estill Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cowan
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Cowan is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowan
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,668 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowan <4>

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

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

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

Adding Mansford to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mansford post office opened in 1899. The Mansford post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mansford.

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 Mansford, 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 Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mansford - 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/