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Welcome to Piney Flats ...

Piney Flats is located in Sullivan County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Piney Flats, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

A typical abbreviation for Piney Flats: Piney Flts.

Piney Flats is 1,560 feet [475 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Piney Flats lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Piney Flats: 423 & 729<3>

The ZIP codes for Piney Flats: 37686, 37699<4>

Communities near Piney Flats ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Piney Flats ...

Looking for more information about Piney Flats? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Piney Flats, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Piney Flats.

Adding Piney Flats to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Piney Flats post office opened in 1855.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Piney Flats.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sullivan, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Piney Flats - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Piney Flats area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Piney Flats area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Piney Flats). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Piney Flats or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/