Welcome to Prospect ...Prospect is located in McMinn County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Prospect, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. Prospect is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Prospect lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Prospect (for example, toward Dunlap), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT). Area Codes for Prospect: 423 & 729<3> Communities Also Named Prospect ...While we believe that this Prospect is located in McMinn County, we know of another 7 Tennessee communities named Prospect. Those communities are located in the following counties: Benton, Blount, Bradley, Giles, Haywood, Lincoln and Loudon County. Beyond Tennessee, there are 51 communities that are also named Prospect - they are located in Alabama (2), Colorado (2), Connecticut, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Maryland, Mississippi (2), Missouri (2), Nevada, New Jersey, New York (2), North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia (2), Ohio (2), Ontario (4), Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas (3), Virginia and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Prospect. Communities near Prospect ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Prospect.
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 Prospect. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Prospect. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Prospect. 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 Prospect. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Prospect. See our Newspapers Page for Prospect. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Prospect ...Looking for more information about Prospect? 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 Prospect, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Prospect. Adding Prospect to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Prospect 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 Prospect was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Prospect. Footnotes ...
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