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Welcome to Mount Helen ...

Mount Helen is located in Fentress County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Helen, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1903.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Helen: Mt. Helen

Mount Helen is 1,400 feet [427 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Mount Helen is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Mount Helen: 931

Communities near Mount Helen ...

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

  • Gernt
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gernt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
    • Gernt is located in Fentress County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
  • Armathwaite
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Armathwaite have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
    • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
  • Oneida
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jamestown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Huntsville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Grimsley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Winfield
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Helenwood
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Allardt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Allardt have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allardt
    • Allardt is located in Fentress County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 639 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Allardt <4>
  • Sunbright
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Helen ...

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

Adding Mount Helen to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mount Helen post office opened in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Fentress, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Helen - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<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 their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/