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Welcome to Offutt ...

Offutt is located in Anderson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Offutt, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880.

Offutt is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Offutt lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Offutt (for example, toward Fairfield Glade), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Offutt: 865

Communities Also Named Offutt ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Offutt - they are located in Kentucky, Maryland and Mississippi.

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

Websites for Offutt ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.andersoncountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Offutt ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Fraterville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
    • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
  • Oak Ridge
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Hill
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Clinton
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
  • Humes Ferry
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
    • Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
  • LaFollette
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • LaFollette is located in Campbell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,585 people
    • LaFollette has also been known as:
    • Big Creek Gap
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for LaFollette <3>
  • Kings Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 people
  • Smithwood
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Smithwood is located in Knox County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smithwood
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,661 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 Offutt. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Offutt.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Offutt ...

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

Adding Offutt to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Offutt post office opened in 1880. The Offutt post office closed in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Offutt.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Anderson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Offutt - 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/