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Welcome to Pondville ...

Pondville is located in Sumner County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pondville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876.

Pondville is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Pondville: 615 & 629<3>

Communities Also Named Pondville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Pondville - they are located in Alabama, Massachusetts (3) and Nova Scotia.

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

Communities near Pondville ...

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

  • Gallatin
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Portland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • White House
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartsville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Franklin
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Franklin is located in Simpson County (KY)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,046 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Franklin <4>
  • Lafayette
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Scottsville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Westmoreland
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Hall Town
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Hall Town is located in Sumner County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hall Town
    • Estimated population in 2014: 2,202 people
  • Cross Plains
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pondville ...

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

Adding Pondville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pondville 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 Pondville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Pondville post office opened in 1876. The Pondville post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pondville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Sumner, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pondville - 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 Pondville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 615 or 629. As a result, placing a call in the Pondville 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/