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Welcome to Pomona Road ...

Pomona Road is located in Cumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pomona Road, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

A typical abbreviation for Pomona Road: Pomona Rd.

Pomona Road is 1,910 feet [582 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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

Area Code for Pomona Road: 931

Communities near Pomona Road ...

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

  • Clarktown
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Clarktown is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarktown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 146,806 people
  • Crossville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Fairfield Glade
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Sparta
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Lake Tansi Village
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Tansi Village is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Tansi Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 3,803 people
  • Newton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Newton is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,968 people
    • Newton has also been known as:
    • Peay
  • Monterey
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Dykes Crossroads
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Dykes Crossroads is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dykes Crossroads
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,281 people
  • Center Ford
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Center Ford is located in Cumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Ford
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,485 people
  • Grimsley
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pomona Road ...

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

Adding Pomona Road to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pomona Road 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 Pomona Road was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Pomona Road post office opened in 1901. The Pomona Road post office closed in 1925.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pomona Road.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Cumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pomona Road - 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.
<4>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/