Welcome to Panther ...

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

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

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Panther would have been located within present day Anderson County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Panther, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Panther is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Panther was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

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

If Panther still existed, it would have been in the (865) area code.

Websites for Panther ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.andersoncountychamber.org/

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

Communities Also Named Panther ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Panther - they are located in Alabama, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2), Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Panther ...

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

• Knoxville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Knoxville is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 190,223 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Knoxville <5>
• Fraterville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fraterville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fraterville
  • Fraterville is located in Anderson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 70,612 people
• Oak Ridge
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oak Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Ridge
  • Oak Ridge is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 29,340 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oak Ridge <5>
• Farragut
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Farragut have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farragut
  • Farragut is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,045 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Farragut <5>
• Spring Hill
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spring Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
  • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
• Clinton
  (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Clinton have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Anderson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,119 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clinton <5>
• Aldenwood Park
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Aldenwood Park have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aldenwood Park
  • Aldenwood Park is located in Knox County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 8,753 people
• Humes Ferry
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Humes Ferry have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humes Ferry
  • Humes Ferry is located in Knox County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 8,348 people
• LaFollette
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaFollette
  • LaFollette is located in Campbell County
  • 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 <5>
• Kings Valley
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kings Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Valley
  • Kings Valley is located in Knox County
  • Estimated population in 2014: 5,835 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 Panther. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Panther.

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

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

Adding Panther to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Panther post office opened in 1891.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Panther.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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