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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.


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

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.<3>.

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).

The Area Code where Panther was located: 865

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.

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 near Panther ...

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

  • Knoxville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fraterville
    (9 miles [14.5 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
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Farragut
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Spring Hill
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Spring Hill is located in Anderson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 16,752 people
  • Clinton
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Aldenwood Park
    (16 miles [25.7 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
    (13 miles [20.9 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
    (18 miles [29 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 <4>
  • Kings Valley
    (11 miles [17.7 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

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 (so far) for Panther was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Panther post office opened in 1891. The Panther post office closed in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Panther.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Panther, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Panther - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<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/