Welcome to Petway ...
Petway is located in Cheatham County<1>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Petway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.
Petway is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.
Time Zone: Petway lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Area Codes for Petway: 615 & 629<3>
Communities near Petway ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Petway.
- Cheap Hill
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Cheap Hill is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheap Hill
- Estimated population in 2014: 173,778 people
- Dickson
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Ashland City is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland City
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,748 people
- Coopertown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Coopertown is located in Robertson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coopertown
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,612 people
- White Bluff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Belle Meade
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Belle Meade is located in Davidson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belle Meade
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,788 people
- Kingston Springs
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Pegram
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Pegram is located in Cheatham County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pegram
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,056 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 Petway. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Petway.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Petway. 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 Petway.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Petway. See our Newspapers Page for Petway.
TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Petway ...
Looking for more information about Petway? 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 Petway, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Petway.
Adding Petway to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Petway 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 Petway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>
From that list, the Petway post office opened in 1885. The Petway post office closed in 1911.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Petway.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Cheatham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <2> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Petway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others. |
| <3> | When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 615 code has been Overlayed with the 629 area code. New phone numbers in the Petway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Petway area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <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/ |