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Welcome to Mount Carmel ...

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

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


Mount Carmel would have been located within present day Wilson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Carmel, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Carmel: Mt. Carmel

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mount Carmel is 590 feet [180 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Mount Carmel was located: 615 & 629<4>

Communities Also Named Mount Carmel ...

While we believe that this Mount Carmel is located in Wilson County, we know of another 6 Tennessee communities named Mount Carmel. Those communities are located in the following counties: Decatur, Franklin, Greene, Hawkins, Tipton and Washington County.

Beyond Tennessee, there are 57 communities that are also named Mount Carmel - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas (2), Connecticut, Florida (2), Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Maryland (4), Mississippi (2), Missouri, New York (2), Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina (2), North Dakota, Ohio (3), Ontario (6), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mount Carmel ...

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

  • Murfreesboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Murphree
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Murphree is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Murphree
    • Estimated population in 2014: 120,954 people
  • Smyrna
    (10 miles [16.1 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 <5>
  • Mount Juliet
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Lebanon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • La Vergne
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Morrow
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Morrow is located in Rutherford County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrow
    • Estimated population in 2014: 29,304 people
  • Nolensville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jefferson Pike
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • 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

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

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

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

Adding Mount Carmel to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Carmel 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 Mount Carmel was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mount Carmel post office opened in 1844. The Mount Carmel post office closed in 1875.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Carmel.

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 Mount Carmel, 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 Wilson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Carmel - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Mount Carmel area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Carmel area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/