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Welcome to Pekin ...

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

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

Pekin would have been located within present day Putnam County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pekin, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1888.

From the 2010 Census (the most recent Census number we have), Pekin had a population of 2,093 people.<4> (see below for details).

While the community is gone, the present day location for Pekin is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<5>.

Time Zone: The area where Pekin was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Pekin and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Pekin would have been located in the (931) area code.

Communities Also Named Pekin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Pekin - they are located in Arkansas (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky (2), Maryland, Nebraska, New York (2), North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio (5) and Vermont.

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

Communities near Pekin ...

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

  • Columbus Hill
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Columbus Hill lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> to the northeast of Pekin.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Columbus Hill have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Columbus Hill
  • Cookeville
  • Difficult
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    • Difficult lies 14 miles [22.5 km]<6> to the northwest of Pekin.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 14,993 people
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Difficult
  • Temperance Hall
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Temperance Hall
    • Temperance Hall lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<6> to the southwest of Pekin.
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 5,791 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Temperance Hall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Temperance Hall
  • Smithville
  • Algood
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    • Algood lies 17 miles [27.4 km]<6> to the east of Pekin.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,547 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Algood have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Algood
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Algood<7>
  • Carthage
  • White Plains
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Plains
    • White Plains lies 16 miles [25.7 km]<6> to the east of Pekin.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,231 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Plains have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on White Plains
  • Bluff Creek
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bluff Creek
    • Bluff Creek lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<6> to the west of Pekin.
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,734 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bluff Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Bluff Creek
  • Baxter
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baxter
    • Baxter lies 6 miles [9.7 km]<6> to the east of Pekin.
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,543 people
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Baxter have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to Google Maps centered on Baxter
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baxter<7>

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

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

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

Adding Pekin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pekin 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 Pekin was on a map titled Map of Tennessee (from Rand McNally, 1888).

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pekin.

The official website for Putnam County: www.putnamcountytn.gov/

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

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 Pekin, 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 Putnam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Pekin.
<5>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pekin - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Pekin) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Pekin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 36.1814, Longitude: -85.7569       In this case, the coordinates for Pekin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

 

 

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