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Welcome to Pall Mall ...

Pall Mall is located in Fentress County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pall Mall, you might consider that their post office opened in 1832.

Pall Mall is 870 feet [265 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Pall Mall: 931

The ZIP code for Pall Mall: 38577<3>

Communities near Pall Mall ...

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

  • Gernt
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Gernt is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gernt
    • Estimated population in 2014: 39,267 people
  • Armathwaite
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Armathwaite is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Armathwaite
    • Estimated population in 2014: 11,634 people
  • Cooper
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Cooper is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cooper
    • Estimated population in 2014: 4,385 people
  • Jamestown
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Albany
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Grimsley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Byrdstown
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Allardt
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Cumberland Grove
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Cumberland Grove is located in Fentress County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cumberland Grove
    • Estimated population in 2014: 489 people
  • Oak Dale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Oak Dale is located in Overton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Dale
    • Estimated population in 2014: 222 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 Pall Mall. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pall Mall.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pall Mall ...

Looking for more information about Pall Mall? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pall Mall, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pall Mall.

Adding Pall Mall to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pall Mall post office opened in 1832.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pall Mall.

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 Pall Mall - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Pall Mall). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pall Mall or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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 the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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