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Welcome to Peeled Chestnut ...

Peeled Chestnut is located in White County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Peeled Chestnut, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Peeled Chestnut is 1,030 feet [314 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Peeled Chestnut: 931

Communities near Peeled Chestnut ...

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

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 Peeled Chestnut. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Peeled Chestnut.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Peeled Chestnut ...

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

Adding Peeled Chestnut to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Peeled Chestnut 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 Peeled Chestnut was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Peeled Chestnut.

Footnotes ...

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