Welcome to Music ...

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

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

Music would have been located within present day Cumberland County<2>.

The location of Music has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Music, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Music is 1,840 feet [561 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Music (for example, toward Lakemont Heights), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

The location where Music once stood is in the (931) area code.

Communities Also Named Music ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Music - it's located in Kentucky.

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

Communities near Music ...

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

• Clarktown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
  • Clarktown is located in White County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
• Crossville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crossville
  • Crossville is located in Cumberland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,899 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crossville <5>
• Dayton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
  • Dayton is located in Rhea County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <5>
• Fairfield Glade
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield Glade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield Glade
  • Fairfield Glade is located in Cumberland County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 6,989 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fairfield Glade <5>
• Lake Tansi Village
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
  • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
  • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
• Newton
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
  • Newton is located in Cumberland County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
  • Newton has also been known as:
  • Peay
• Dykes Crossroads
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dykes Crossroads have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
  • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
• Spring City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring City
  • Spring City is located in Rhea County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,839 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spring City <5>
• Pikeville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pikeville
  • Pikeville is located in Bledsoe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,781 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pikeville <5>
• Center Ford
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Center Ford have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
  • Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 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 Music. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Music.

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

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

Adding Music to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Music post office opened in 1890.

We also found Music in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Music.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Cumberland County: www.brockhill.org/

The official website for State of Tennessee: https://www.tn.gov/