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Welcome to Obey City ...

Obey City is located in Overton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Obey City, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

Obey City is 1,650 feet [503 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Obey City: 931

Communities near Obey City ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Cookeville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Crossville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairfield Glade
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Algood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cooper
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Livingston
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Monterey
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • White Plains
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • White Plains is located in Putnam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 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 Obey City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Obey City.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Obey City ...

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

Adding Obey City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Obey City 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 Obey City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Obey City post office opened in 1906. The Obey City post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Obey City.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Overton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Obey City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/